Activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were detained by Israel en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, “must be freed at once,” Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner for New York mayor, Anadolu reports. “This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza. Instead, 461 people — including New Yorkers — have been detained by the Israeli military,” Zohran Mamdani said on the US social media company X. The Global Sumud Flotilla, en route to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, approached Gaza waters on the evening of Oct. 1. READ: Plane carrying various nationals from Global Sumud Flotilla lands in Istanbul