(9 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tunis, Tunisia - 9 June 2025
1. Various of Club Africain (football club) fans gathering to support convoy to Gaza
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yahya Shalabi, head of We Run Nabeul running club:
"This is an initiative from the Nabeul (Arno) club in coming, and our goal is to gather other running clubs that answered the call, such as Star Club and Zahra and others. This is a noble initiative to raise youth awareness, to say that we are conscious youth and we deliver our message in a noble way, and may God help our brothers in Gaza."
3. Various of Club Africain fans chanting and banging drums in support of Gaza
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Wissam Arafa, Club Africain fan:
"We came with the spirit of the Club Africain team for the sake of our brothers in Gaza. We thank the We Run Nabeul team who joined us in this support, and we hope we can be together for our brothers in Palestine and Gaza."
5. Wide of young women chanting support for Gaza
6. Convoy participants waiting to board buses
7. Interior of convoy bus
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Souhir Kharrat, University Professor and civil society activist:
"We are accompanying the Convoy of Steadfastness towards Gaza. We will now go to the Ras Jedir crossing for the people of Gaza who have been under siege since March 9. The least we can do is support them, support our families."
9. Various of supporters and participants cheering and chanting as convoy departs
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saher Al-Masri, representative of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) in Tunis:
"This Convoy of Steadfastness, like that ship, is a message of challenge and will, and this is what the extremist right-wing government fears." (referring to the Israeli government)
11. Convoy leaving
12. Wide of convoy leaving Tunis on the Tunis-Tripoli highway
STORYLINE:
A land convoy calling itself the "Convoy of Steadfastness to Break the Siege on Gaza" left the Tunisian capital on Monday, heading for the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
The broad popular solidarity movement aims to alleviate the suffering of besieged Gaza residents and affirm Tunisian support for the Palestinian cause.
The convoy carries specialist delegations, most notably a large medical delegation that aims to reach Gaza hospitals to provide urgent aid and help address the severe shortage of medical staff and supplies there.
Additionally, there is a delegation of lawyers to accompany participants and provide necessary legal support in case of any emergency.
Football fans and running groups gathered at the convoy's departure point in downtown Tunis to show their support for the venture.
Wissam Arafa, a Club Africain fan, came specifically from Nabeul, in northeastern Tunisia, to support the convoy.
"We came with the spirit of the Club Africain team for the sake of our brothers in Gaza. We thank the We Run Nabeul team who joined us in this support, and we hope we can be together for... [truncated]
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