6/14/2025–|Last update: 04:13 (Mecca time)
The Turkish deputy from the Hoda Bar Party, Farouk Denich, was injured during his participation in the “Caravan” march, demanding the opening of the Rafah border crossing in Egypt.
The party affirmed that its health condition is stable, warning against the activists, including Turkish citizens, to serious attacks threatening their safety.
The party called on the Turkish authorities to urgently intervene and warn Cairo against the continuation of these attacks.
This comes after the spread of scenes showing thugs attacking the activists present in Egypt, who came to solidarity to demand the lifting of the siege on Gaza within the “convoy of steadfastness”.
The attacks led to a number of injured people from among the activists, including the Turkish deputy.
Detention and deportation
Yesterday, Friday, the Egyptian authorities detained and deported more foreign nationals who were seeking to join the global march to Gaza, hours after the arrest of the “steadfast” convoy, which started from Tunisia at the doors of the Libyan city of Sirte under the pretext of waiting for security approval.
Hundreds of foreign activists arrived in Egypt this week to participate in the global march to Gaza, an initiative that aims to pressure Israel to end its blockade of the Palestinian sector. The Egyptian authorities have deported dozens of them, while others face deportation, said organizers, security sources and others.
The organizers said that people from 80 countries are preparing to start the march towards the Rafah Al -Masry crossing with Gaza, and confirmed that the Egyptian authorities have deported some or detained them at the airport.
The French Press Agency quoted a statement of the organizers that 40 participants in the global march to Gaza were stopped their march about 45 km east of the capital, Cairo, and they were prohibited from moving, and the passports of the participants were confiscated, according to a statement by the organization.
In their statement, the organizers affirmed that they are a “peaceful movement and respect Egyptian laws”, calling on diplomatic missions to intervene in order to allow the march to continue.
The “global march to Gaza” includes about 4 thousand participants from 50 countries. It was scheduled – according to the organizers – to cross the buses in the Sinai region, to reach the city of Al -Arish, which is located more than 350 km east of Cairo, with the participants continue their path for a distance of 50 km, up to the Egyptian side of Rafah.
The convoy, which started from Tunisia, consists of at least 1,500 people, including activists and supporters from Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania, with more Libya to join.
This convoy includes approximately 20 buses and about 350 cars, as part of a popular movement in solidarity to support about 2.4 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza.
During the past few days, initiatives have rolled up to break the siege on Gaza, and cut relations with Israel and the Benjamin Netanyahu government -wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide -in protest against the war on Gaza.
The Palestinian human sector’s humanitarian crisis has exacerbated since Israel closed the crossings on March 2, preventing the introduction of food, medicine, aid and fuel, while its army escalates the genocide committed by the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip.
With absolute American support, Israel has committed since October 7, 2023 genocide crimes in Gaza, which left more than 182,000 martyrs and wounded Palestinians, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, as well as hundreds of thousands of displaced people.