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Daughter of Flotilla Detainee Calls for Sanctions on Israel
More than 450 activists from over 50 countries were detained and subjected to harsh treatment in Israel’s Ketziot Prison after attempting to break Gaza’s naval blockade.
- On Wednesday night, October 1, Israeli naval forces seized multiple vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which carried nearly 500 volunteers from 47 nationalities after weeks at sea.
- With Gaza under a near-18-year blockade, the flotilla sailed to deliver humanitarian aid and challenge Israel's naval blockade amid a deep humanitarian crisis after October 2023 escalation.
- Adalah lawyers reported Irish detainees were forced to kneel with hands zip-tied for at least five hours, denied water, bathrooms, medications, and faced aggressive treatment including being kicked.
- Now held in Ketziot Prison, Negev, Israeli authorities say some detainees will be deported after tribunals began without lawyers, with four already returned.
- Amid global outrage, the interception prompted global demonstrations and strikes from Milan to Los Angeles, while Colombia expelled Israeli diplomats and Amnesty International called it a `calculated act of intimidation`; Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir publicly taunted volunteers and toured Ketziot prison.
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