Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists taking part in a convoy have crossed the Tunisian border into Libya, aiming to keep heading eastwards until they break Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian territory, according to the organisers, AFP reported.

The “Soumoud” convoy, meaning “steadfastness” in Arabic, set off from Tunis yesterday morning, spokesman Ghassen Henchiri told Tunisian radio station Mosaique FM.

He said it includes 14 buses and around 100 other vehicles, carrying hundreds of people.

Convoy members were heard chanting “Resistance, resistance” and “To Gaza we go by the millions” in a video posted on the organising group’s official Facebook page.

Henchiri has also told Jawhara FM radio channel the convoy plans to remain in Libya for “three or four days at most” before crossing into Egypt and continuing on to Rafah.

Organisers have said Egyptian authorities have not yet provided passage to enter the country, but Henchiri said the convoy received “reassuring” information.

Organisers said the convoy was not bringing aid into Gaza, but rather aimed at carrying out a “symbolic act” by breaking the blockade on the territory described by the United Nations as “the hungriest place on Earth”.