Spain: Protest calls for release of Gaza flotilla activists in Barcelona.

SHOTLIST: BARCELONA, SPAIN (APRIL 30, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS, BANNERS, AND FLAGS, CHANTING SLOGANS 2. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING FLARES AND BANNERS, THROWING FLARES AT POLICE / SCUFFLES BETWEEN OFFICERS AND PROTESTERS 3. POLICE DETAINING PROTESTERS (TWO SHOTS)BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 30: Around 400 people gathered at Placa de Sants in Barcelona on Thursday, April 30, for a protest called by the Global Sumud Flotilla, demanding the release of activists detained by Israel. Demonstrators, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting slogans, attempted to march toward the Israeli consulate in the city but were stopped by a deployment of the Mossos d’Esquadra police, which blocked access to Avinguda Diagonal. The Israeli navy intercepted vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla late Wednesday and detained more than 180 activists in international waters as they headed toward Gaza to break a longstanding blockade on the Palestinian enclave. The flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, aimed to break Israel’s blockade and open a humanitarian corridor by sea. The flotilla included nearly 1,000 activists from many countries around the globe. Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, leaving the territory’s 2.4 million people on the verge of starvation. In October 2023, Israel launched a brutal two-year offensive on Gaza, killing more than 72,000 people, injuring over 172,000, and causing massive destruction across the besieged territory.