Flotilla could reach Israel's naval blockade in night from Tuesday to Wednesday  | International

ROME, Oct 1, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, an ideological ally of Donald Trump, has urged the Gaza aid flotilla to stop to avoid jeopardising the US president's plan to end the Israel-Hamas war. The Global Sumud Flotilla, which includes Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and several Italian lawmakers among its participants, aims to break Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian territory and deliver vital aid to its population, who the UN says are suffering from widespread starvation. But Meloni -- whose government has dispatched a frigate to provide the flotilla with protection -- warned the "hope" represented by Trump's plan, unveiled at the White House on Monday, "rests on a fragile balance which many people would...