Watch | What Happened to the Lone Indian on the Sumud Flotilla’s Land Convoy to Gaza?

In the spring of 2026, a global movement of rights defenders, humanitarians, doctors, students, union workers, teachers and seafarers set out for Gaza via land and sea to break the illegal blockade imposed by Israel.

The Global Sumud Flotilla had the stated purpose of helping Palestinians assert their right to access their coast and the world beyond it. The mission was also going to deliver life-saving aid including food, material for shelter and other essentials like baby formula, medicine and school supplies.

News of Israel’s capture of the sea vessels made headlines. At the same time, there was a land convoy comprising dozens of trucks carrying aid and reconstruction material, which aimed to travel through Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt into Rafah. The land convoy comprised doctors, engineers, teachers and a lone Indian climate activist Nikhita Naidu. What happened to this convoy and what happened to activists like Nikhita who were on it?

Nikhita Naidu speaks to The Wire’s Soumashree Sarkar.

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