is the largest mission of its kind.
>> A platilla of boats leaving Barcelona
trying to get aid to Gaza.
>> More than 20 vessels carrying people
from 44 countries, including campaigner
Greta Tunberg. The story here is about
Palestine. The story here is how people
are being deliberately deprived of the
very basic means to survive.
And the story here is how the world can
be silent and how those in power, those
who are supposed to represent us are in
every possible way betraying and failing
Palestinians and all oppressed peoples
of the world.
adding his support, Game of Thrones
actor Liam Cunningham, who told the
story of a little girl called Fatima,
who he says died this week.
[Music]
>> Lovely voice, huh?
Uh, the reason she's singing the song
uh
is because she wanted it sung at her
funeral. Excuse me. She wanted it sung
at her funeral. There's a five or six
year old kid who's making her funeral
arrangements, her own funeral
arrangements. What sort of a world are
we living in?
>> Despite their passion and determination,
this flatillaa is likely doomed to fail.
>> Israeli forces intercepted the last one
that tried in June, deporting those on
board.
And as the boats left, the IDF said the
blockade would be enforced.
>> The activists know the chance of them
getting the aids in their flatilla to
Gaza is slim, but that is just part of
their mission. What they're really
hoping to do is mobilize millions of
people around the world to show their
support for Palestine.
If the crowd in Barcelona was anything
to go by, the plan seems to be working.
among them Garen refugee Ola and her
family who managed to get out a month
ago to get medical help here in Spain.
>> When we left Gaza, the situation was so
dire. We left at the peak of bombing and
destruction. It was so so dire. There is
starvation, no food, no drink. She says
as the boats begin their mission towards
her home, Israel continues to deny
people are starving or that aid is being
blocked.
It's unclear how far the flatillaa will
get, but those on board say they can't
stay silent on Gaza. Siobhan Robbins,
Sky News Barcelona.