On October 5, local time, Spanish Foreign Minister Alvarez confirmed that the country had reached an agreement with Israel to ship the flotilla to the Gaza Strip.The first batch of 21 Spanish citizens detained by Israel will arrive in Spain on the 5th.

Alvarez said that if all goes well, 21 of the 49 detained Spanish citizens will leave the country by air from Tel Aviv, Israel on the 5th and arrive in Spain.

The Global Fortitude Flotilla, which aims to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, seeks to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. As of October 3, all 42 ships of the "Global Resilience Fleet" carrying humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip had been intercepted by the Israeli army. More than 400 participants of the fleet were once taken to Catsiot Prison in southern Israel, and then deported from Israel one after another. (Headquarters reporter Liao Junhua)