Last moment. Pasportes retain participants from the global march to Gaza who seek to meet in camp on the outskirts of Cairo

Update 16:25 h el Cairo

Official statement: 30 km from Ismail, the police stop all vehicles and force any person with non -Egyptian passport. Several groups of participants are held in the first and second road control position that connects Cairo with Ismail. A sitting in the second control position has begun.

The original objective of the organizers was to arrive in micros to the city of El Arish in the Sinai and walk from there the 50 kilometers to Rafah. This Friday began the trip to the city of Ismaília, on the side of the Suez Canal and last point before entering the Sinai, but the Egyptian government has put seals at different points to stop the protesters. Some are in the city of Ramadon, halfway.

Update 16:00 H Cairo

Patricio del Corro and Luca Bonfante of Argentina, and Bruno Gilga of Brazil, the three of the delegation of the International Network The Daily Left that are participating in the march to Gaza, show the seals of the Egyptian military to prevent participants from moving towards Rafah, on the border with Gaza.

Despite this situation, many of the participants are on their way to getting together at the agreed point to advance with the global march to Gaza.

This is the controls on the highways now. pic.twitter.com/nhUvTx7Yrp

– Corro Duck (@patriciodc) June 13, 2025

Urgent update: (15:05 h el Cairo)

40 participants from the global march to Gaza have confiscated passports in a control post when leaving Cairo. They are retained under heat and without permission to move. Fifteen are retained in hotels.

These peaceful participants from all over the world come from France, Spain, Canada, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

We urge the Egyptian authorities to collaborate with us in our common goal no longer block our progress unnecessarily. We are a peaceful movement and comply with Egyptian law.

We urge the embassies of the detainees detained to immediately collaborate to ensure their release, so that they can continue marching with us and end the siege of Gaza.

The Egyptian government has the determination that Gaza’s global march is not done. There are military seals throughout the route. We managed to pass one. There are thousands of people around the world trying to get to Gaza by land. It is impressive and historical.

– Luca Bonfante (@lucabonfante_) June 13, 2025

Urgent update: (14:15 h el Cairo)

Several participants of the global march to Gaza have confiscated their passports in a control post when leaving Cairo. We urge the Egyptian authorities to collaborate with us in our common goal no longer hinder our progress unnecessarily. We are a peaceful movement and comply with Egyptian legislation.

We are heading 250 km from the Gaza Strip with thousands of people around the world who are part of the global march to Gaza.

The goal is to get humanitarian aid. If the Egyptian government does not allow it, it will be complicit in the genocidal state of Israel.

– Luca Bonfante (@lucabonfante_) June 13, 2025

Official Communication – Friday, June 13

Participants in the global march to Gaza will meet today peacefully in a camp outside Cairo, continuing with the preparations for a historical and peaceful action to end the siege of Palestine and ask for the opening of a humanitarian corridor through Rafah.

We have not received formal authorization to start the march. However, we remain fully committed to coordinating with the Egyptian authorities and follow all the communication channels to guarantee legal fulfillment. Our intention is not to challenge the law, but to work according to it.

This peaceful concentration includes medical, parliamentarians, lawyers and humanitarian professionals from more than 80 countries that have met with a unified message: the blockade must end
and humanitarian aid must flow freely towards the people of Palestine.

We continue to urge the Egyptian government to allow this peaceful march, which aligns with the declared commitment to restore stability at its border and address the current crisis in Gaza.

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