Each Boat tells a story or REPRESENTS a group of people
For the thousands whose names we do not know
Hundreds of thousands of people were massacred by Israeli occupation forces. Among the victims were children, women, doctors, journalists, and the elderly. Only a few of their names have become known to us.

The resistant mother, a representation of the mother who never gives up, a character created by the writer Ghassan Kanafani.
Umm Saad / أم سعد

An agricultural engineer and researcher in Palestinian folklore, he is known for his efforts to document Palestinian folk heritage and link it to the land and agriculture.
Abd al-Karīm ʻĪd / عبد الكريم عيد

A pediatrician in the emergency department at Nasser Medical Complex, she was devastated by the loss of nine of her children and her husband in an Israeli bombing that targeted her family’s home.
Alaa Al Najjar / آلاء النجار

A Palestinian journalist for Al Jazeera in the Gaza Strip, one of the most prominent media figures covering the war, was martyred on August 10, 2025, following an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent for journalists.
Anas Al-Sharif / أنس الشريف

Why Keep Sailing?
We sail to break the illegal siege on Gaza enforced by Israel and its allies (63 countries, including 6 Arab countries) and to challenge their control and occupation of Palestinian land, including Palestine’s borders and Palestine’s territorial waters.
Pending 🔄
Preparation for the next wave until we break the siege… The fight never stops …
September 27 and 30, 2025
International departure of the TMTG flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition
August 2025
Creation of the Tunisian Delegation 🇹🇳
June 2025
Thousand Madleens International was founded when the Madleen crew returned.
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