JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vahd Nabyl A. Mulachela ensured that the Indonesian government would monitor Indonesian citizens (WNI) who would follow the global humanitarian action of Sumud Flotilla who tried to penetrate the blockade of the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
In his video caption on Sunday, Nabyl said the government had received information from the Indonesia Global Peace Convoy Coalition (IPGC) regarding the plan to participate in 30 Indonesian citizens in the humanitarian convoy.
Vahd revealed that it is planned that this humanitarian mission will depart from Tunisia to Gaza on September 10.
"The government has communicated with the IPGC regarding the mission," Nabyl said in a video statement on Sunday, September 7.
"Through the Indonesian Embassy in Tunis, the Government provides facilities while they are in Tunisia," he added.
Nabyl further explained that the government had also conveyed an overview of the risks that could be faced when the Indonesian citizens were in Gaza's territory.
"The Indonesian government also asked the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo and the Indonesian Embassy in Rome, which concurrently hold the Cyprus accreditation area, to continue to monitor the existence of the flotilla," said Nabyl.
Spokesperson II of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that Indonesia consistently supports the Palestinian independence struggle.
"The Indonesian government consistently supports the independence struggle of the Palestinians in accordance with international laws and regulations," said Nabyl.
It is known that as many as 30 volunteers from Indonesia will join Global Sumud Flotilla. Indonesian delegates donated five ships called Indonesian heroes, namely Soekarno, Diponegoro, Malahayati, Pati Unus and Hasanudin.
Global hunger observers for the first time said hunger had hit the densely populated northern Gaza Strip, about 22 months after the outbreak of war in the enclave following Hamas' deadly invasion of Israel in October 2023.
The Integrated Food Safety Phase Classification System (IPC) in its report last month estimated 514,000 people or nearly a quarter of Gaza's population, experiencing starvation. This number is expected to increase to 641,000 by the end of September.
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The IPC says hunger has been driven by fighting and aid blockades, and exacerbated by widespread evacuations and collapse of food production in Gaza, prompting hunger to a life-threatening level across the region after 22 months of war.
Since March 2, 2025, occupation authorities have closed all crossings to the Gaza Strip, blocking the entry of most food and medical aids, which further accelerates the spread of hunger in the region.
Gaza's Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed that the death toll from Palestinians in the enclave since Israeli aggression in October 2023 had reached 64,368 people - 387 of whom died from hunger and malnutrition, including 138 children, - while injured victims reached 162,776 people, quoted from WAFA.
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