ISTANBUL

Malaysia on Wednesday condemned threats to the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla after it came under a drone attack overnight.

Kuala Lumpur "unequivocally condemns the latest actions that threatened the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Sept. 23, 2025," the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"Malaysia calls for such threat of violence to cease immediately, and for safe and unhindered passage of the Flotilla participants and their vessels guaranteed," it said.

The ministry also reaffirmed that the Flotilla is "a peaceful humanitarian mission to deliver urgently needed aid into Gaza, is lawful, morally indispensable given the ongoing genocide and starvation in the Palestinian Territory."

"Malaysia stands in solidarity with Palestine, and reiterates its call for an immediate end to the genocide as well as the illegal blockade of Gaza," it said.

The flotilla, made up of about 50 ships, set sail earlier this month with the aim of breaking Israel’s blockade and delivering humanitarian aid, particularly medical supplies, to Gaza, where 2.4 million Palestinians have been under siege for 18 years.

UN investigators recently concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, where nearly 65,400 people have been killed since October 2023.