Hamas-Funded Flotilla Carrying Greta Thunberg

Yesterday, Ward Clark supplied well timed, on‑level coverage of the IDF’s interception of the 42 ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla. After Israel searched the ships, it was found that the flotilla carried no assist on board any of the vessels. Furthermore, further evidence revealed the flotilla was funded by Hamas. The evidence relating to no assist will likely be introduced first, adopted by evidence of the Hamas connection.

The Global Sumud Flotilla put out a press release on August 4, 2025, which acknowledged, “The flotilla will carry not just aid, but doctors, lawyers, journalists, activists, and artists, all sailing to stand in solidarity with Gaza and declare: You are not alone.”

One of the flotilla’s passengers was Mandla Mandela, the grandson of former South African chief Nelson Mandela. According to the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), Mandela’s sister wrote a letter to South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola, which acknowledged, “The flotilla’s sole purpose was to deliver humanitarian assistance, food, medical supplies, nappies [diapers], and other essential relief items to the people of Palestine.”

There was just one small drawback. None of the ships in the flotilla had any assist on them. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a video on X displaying Israel’s Police Spokesperson, Lieutenant Dean Elsdunne, giving a tour of one of the most important boats in the flotilla.

In the video, Elsdunne says, “I’m sure you guys can guess where I am, cause it’s pretty much an empty room. That’s right, I’m inside one of the vessels, one of the largest vessels to come in this Yom Kippur Flotilla, and while we’re processing this boat, there’s one thing missing, guys: all this aid that they were supposed to bring into Gaza, which explains one thing to me. I’m sure it explains to you that when we and multiple other countries offered them to take this aid and bring it to the Gazans, we could facilitate its safe arrival; they flat-out rejected it. And now we know why, cause it was never about bringing aid to Gazans, but it was all about the headlines and the social media followings.”

.@IsraelPolice is trying for the humanitarian assist from the Hamas-Sumud provocation so it may be transferred peacefully to Gaza.

The only drawback: so far they haven’t discovered a lot.

Like we said, it was never about the help. It was always about the provocation. pic.twitter.com/AbL52UGQCv

— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 2, 2025

A video of Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was posted on X, with him saying, “You are all terrorists. You are supporting murderers, supporting Gaza, supporting terrorists. You are terror supporters. There is no humanitarian aid here.”

Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, calls out Greta Thunberg and her pro-Hamas mates:

“You are all terrorists. You are supporting murderers, supporting Gaza, supporting terrorists. You are terror supporters. There is no humanitarian aid here.” pic.twitter.com/FkKdPPjmuU

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) October 2, 2025

Before the ships had been boarded by Israeli forces, the IDF offered the flotilla activists with ample warning in English. A video posted to the X account of the Israel Foreign Ministry exhibits a feminine IDF sailor making the next announcement in English: “This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching a blockaded zone. If you wish to deliver aid to Gaza, you may do so through the established channels. Please change your course toward the port of Ashdod, where the aid will undergo a security inspection and then be transferred into the Gaza Strip.”

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted the next assertion on X: “The sole purpose of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla is provocation. Israel, Italy, Greece, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem have all offered and continue to offer the flotilla a way to peacefully deliver any aid they might have to Gaza. The flotilla refused because they are not interested in aid, but in provocation. The Israeli Navy has reached out to the Hamas-Sumud flotilla and asked them to change course. Israel has informed the flotilla that it is approaching an active combat zone and violating a lawful naval blockade. Israel reiterated the offer to transfer any aid peacefully through safe channels to Gaza.”

The sole objective of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla is provocation. Israel, Italy, Greece, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem have all supplied and continue to offer the flotilla a manner to peacefully ship any assist they may have to Gaza. The flotilla refused because they aren’t… pic.twitter.com/pLQj1FLIPA

— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025

Now we all know why the flotilla refused the offer to have the help processed through official channels. There was no assist to be transferred. Instead, your complete flotilla was about making headlines as its passengers knew the leftist media would carry their lies and hypocrisy far and broad.

Shortly after Elsdunne posted his video on X, the Global Sumud Flotilla admitted there wasn’t any assist on board. According to the Israeli wire service TPS-IL, the Global Sumud Flotilla posted on its X account: “Breaking the siege on Gaza was not about aid. It was about breaking the siege on Gaza! So aid can flow to the 2 million people starving there!” According to TPS-IL, the post was edited a few minutes later to embody the phrase ‘just’ so that it read “It was not just about aid.”

The post must have been taken down shortly after it was edited, as no evidence of the post might be discovered on X for this story. However, the Global Sumud Flotilla put out a hasty press release claiming Israel was mendacity about there not being any assist on any of the ships.

In 2018, the political group Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) was established. During the Gaza War, the IDF uncovered two paperwork that hyperlink the PCPA to Hamas and the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The first doc (English translation) is a letter to the PCPA, signed by Ismail Haniyeh, who was the Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau before he was assassinated by Mossad on July 31, 2024, while in Iran. In the letter, Haniyeh endorses the PCPA and calls for unity between the 2 organizations. According to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PCPA is subordinate to Hamas and is accountable for Hamas exercise outdoors of Gaza. The PCPA operates de facto Hamas embassies in nations around the world. The PCPA operates under civilian cowl and organizes actions against Israel, including violent demonstrations, marches, and flotillas to Gaza. Israel designated the PCPA as a terrorist group in 2021.

The second doc (English translation) accommodates a listing of PCPA operatives. The nineteenth operative on the listing is Zaher Birawi, who leads PCPA’s de facto embassy in the UK. For the past 15 years, Birawi has organized demonstration flotillas to the Gaza Strip. The twenty-fifth operative on the listing is Saif Abu Kashk, who resides in Spain. Kashk is the CEO of Cyber Neptune, a entrance company that owns many of the ships that participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla. This proves that the ships from the flotilla are owned by Hamas.

This is the second flotilla that has tried to break the IDF blockade of Gaza and that was intercepted. The first attempt was by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and was intercepted by the IDF on June 9, 2025. However, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition is making an attempt again. According to the Freedom Flotilla web site, the “media and medics boat,” Conscience, set sail from Italy on October 1, 2025, for the next causes:

• Provide the worldwide press with an alternative to report instantly from Gaza.
• Deliver urgently needed medical experience and solidarity alongside Gaza’s decimated health workforce.

The Conscience will be a part of up with eight other boats that left Italy the week before.