The Global March to Gaza: June 15
Thousands Are Headed Towards Gaza by Land, Sea and Air
Imagine your morning routine starts with an air-raid siren…
You scoop your children from a mattress in a stairwell—the complex you fled to after the third evacuation order last night. There is no breakfast. The last cup of flour became thin soup two days ago. Several of your neighbors’ children have already died of hunger.
Your youngest daughter has a shard of shrapnel in her leg. Surgeons in Gaza are overwhelmed, now operating on children without anaesthetic or antibiotics because more than 60% of medical supplies are at “stock-zero”—so you brace for the worst.
Outside, thousands of tons of food, water and medicines are waiting idle behind the closed gate at Rafah, but the Israeli government only let in 100 trucks a few days ago—just enough to keep the entire population on the brink of starvation. Meanwhile, their ministers laugh about killing 100 Gazans overnight on national television saying that “the world doesn’t care”...
For two million Gazans this is not dystopian fiction. This is life in May 2025—life lived “on the brink of famine,” as UNICEF warns.
On 15 June, thousands of ordinary people from around the world intend to help break the siege on Gaza by showing up at the very border where the aid trucks are stuck…
Welcome to the Global March to Gaza.
Global March to Gaza at a glance
1 . Why walk now?
Gaza has endured a total blockade since March 2025; aid flows remain “drastically insufficient” even after recent easing attempts — a reality UN investigators say amounts to using starvation as a weapon of war.
Global March to Gaza (GMTG) answers this paralysis with a mass, peaceful trek from Cairo to the Rafah gate, synchronized with sea and air missions, to demand: open the crossing, end the bombardment, and respect international law.
It is a decentralized peaceful action organized by delegates from over 33 countries with direct contact to the Egyptian government with on-site correspondence from international press.
“We will not bring weapons; we will bring our voices.” — Antonietta Chiodo, Italian spokesperson
2. Roadmap to Rafah
The ground-based team is mobilizing on June 12th in Cairo and leaving at dawn via bus to the Al-Arish airport in Sinai, near Rafah. Thousands plan to hike across three days before setting up a camp at the border of Gaza in Rafah for a peaceful protest with coverage from international press.
12 Jun - All delegations land in Cairo, self-book one night near the airport
13 Jun - Dawn buses to Al-Arish → first 11-km stage on foot
14 Jun - Second walking day across northern Sinai
15 Jun - Symbolic arrival at Rafah; global rally
16 Jun - Sit-in & aid hand-over attempt
19 Jun - Return to Cairo, diplomatic briefings
20 Jun - Departures / satellite rallies worldwide
(Basic plan; subject to on-the-ground negotiations)
3. Meet Some of The Community Involved
Medical front-line
Dr Hicham El Ghaoui – Swiss-based emergency doctor; three missions in Gaza in 2024; now trading Alpine clinics for Sinai sands.
Dr Hüseyin Durmaz – Turkish physician & founder of the International Health Initiative; leads a “medical corridor” project for Gazan orphans.
Dr Yacine Haffaf – Retired French surgeon with 25 MSF missions; worked in ICRC theatre in Gaza, July 2024 and December 2024.
Dr Regula Grabherr Fawzi – Swiss gynaecologist, founder of Tana Gaza, bringing endometriosis care to Gazan women.
Dr Catherine Le Scolan-Quéré – French GP who ran Nasser Hospital’s ER (Khan Younis) Nov–Dec 2024; evacuated injured children to Rennes.
Activists & storytellers
Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela – South-African MP, grandson of Nelson Mandela; lends ancestral weight to the call: “We march for life and dignity.”
Manuel Tapial – Spanish-Canadian survivor of the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid; now coordinates the Montreal hub Palestine Vivra.
Saif Abukeshek – Palestinian organizer in Barcelona; chair of the Global Coalition Against the Occupation in Palestine.
Samuel Crettenand – Swiss editor-photographer; documented Gaza’s siege and undertook a hunger strike for cease-fire.
Patricia Luevano – Mexican ceramic artist & research academic; her art project “Almas de mi Alma” has channelled $12.5k to Gazan families.
Ana Rita – Portuguese writer and human-rights defender; believes “ordinary people together can achieve the extraordinary.”
5. Land, Sea & Air Convergence
GMTG’s march partners with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose latest joint statement vows to “head to Gaza by land, sea and air.”
While walkers advance through Sinai, ships attempt to breach the naval siege and advocacy groups lobby for air-dropped aid corridors. The three prongs amplify each other: if one route is blocked, another keeps the spotlight alive.
6. What it takes to join
Register via the national Telegram channel on the Global March to Gaza website & apply for an Egyptian e-visa now.
Budget about €40-60 for the 12 Jun hotel, €50 for Cairo↔Rafah buses, plus ~€15/day meals.
Fitness – expect at least 33 km march over three desert days; transport is arranged for elders or people with disabilities.
Mindset – this is a peaceful protest, not a tour. Flexibility is essential if permits are delayed or refused; fallback actions in Cairo and in your home country are already mapped out.
7. How you can help even if you can’t march
Signal-boost – switch your profile pic to the GMTG banner from the website and share marchtogaza.net.
Sponsor a marcher – cover flights or gear for frontline medics.
Anchor actions at home – organize town-square rallies on 15 June; GMTG will release a toolkit next week.
Write your MP / congress-member – ask them to urge Egypt to grant Rafah access; a template letter is circulating in every delegation.
Standing At A Crossroads, United
“If you have a voice, you have a role,” says South-African MP Mandla Mandela.
Some roles are measured in kilometres walked; others in emails sent, funds raised, or stories shared at the dinner table.
All of them matter.
Choose yours:
Walk the miles: register, lace up, meet in Cairo.
Echo the siren: share marchtogaza.net with three friends, switch your profile picture, organize a 15 June rally in your own city.
Shake the gate: call your representative; ask why aid is still idling on the tarmac.
History keeps the receipts. The trucks at Rafah will move when enough ordinary people refuse to look away.
Step toward the gate—starting here: marchtogaza.net