Some activists detained while trying to reach Gaza Returned by sea to describe abuse and insult in their home countries. Israel Guard.
Some 450 activists were arrested as the Israeli forces intercepted Global Sumud Flotila, a fleet of 42 boats that were demanding a symbolic amount of aid in the naval blockade of Gaza of Israel and providing a symbolic amount of assistance in a famine-sele-tens area.
Those detained between Wednesday and Friday were brought to Israel, where many people live in jail.
Italian journalist Sevrio Tomasi said that Israeli soldiers stopped drugs and treated the prisoners “like monkeys.”
“It is called torture. It is called a torture, a refutation of human rights, even the most basic,” he said on his return to Rome’s FiMsino Airport late on Saturday night.
“He took the medicine of all: people with heart disease, asthma, even an 86 -year -old man … he snatched his inhaler.”
Swedish workers were among those detained Gita thunbergNelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela and many European MPs.
Tomasi said Thunberg was dropped by the Israeli army after being arrested.
He said, “We also saw Greta Thunberg at the port, in that case, tied in his arms and an Israeli flag next to it, just a joke,” he said.
“Suppose the mockri was part of oral and psychological violence, which he always did, so that the situations should be talked about laughter, ridicule and laughter, where there is nothing to laugh.”
Flotila’s interception came as US President Donald Trump Was visible A fresh peace initiative in GazaIncluding a proposed ceasefire, because he ordered Israel to stop Gaza from bombing.
Another Italian journalist, Lorenzo D’Agostino said the prisoners were repeatedly spent behind bars to wake up during two nights. They were also intimidated with dogs and “to scare us by the soldiers pointing to the laser sites of their guns on prisoners.
“Overall, I felt that I was being organized by a terrorist organization,” he said after landing at Istanbul Airport, where 137 activists from 13 countries came from Israel on Saturday.
D’Agostino said his luggage and money “was stolen by Israelis.”
Activist Paolo de Monstis described being crammed in a gel van for hours with his hands safe by zip relationships.
“Continuous stress and insult,” he said. “You were not allowed to see them on the face, always had to keep your head down and when I saw, a man came and shook me and slapped me behind the head.”
In a statement, Israeli National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gawir said that he was “proud” in the way of behavior of employees in Ketziot Jail in the Negev desert.
“I was proud that we consider ‘Flotila workers’ as supporters of terrorism. Anyone who supports terrorism is a terrorist and worthy of terrorists’ terms,” he said.
“If any of them thought they would come here and get a red carpet and trumpet – they made a mistake. They should have a good feeling for situations in Ketziot Jail and before thinking twice before they contact Israel again.”
Israeli Ministry of External AffairsMeanwhile, the claims of misconduct were “Brezen lies”.
In a statement on social media, the ministry said that the legal rights of all the prisoners were “completely retained”, saying that Thunberg had “not complained about attractive and baseless allegations – because they had never happened.”
The arrest was criticized by several governments including Türkiye, Colombia and Pakistan. Greece, which had 27 citizens in Israeli’s custody, issued a “strong written opposition” to Israel to Israel on “unacceptable and unfair behavior of Israel”.
The complaint is considered to mention the footage of Ben-Gwir to the workers to support “terrorism” and made fun of their aid initiative after bringing ashes to the southern port of Ashdod on Friday.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry said that it has “worked intensely to ensure that the rights of the detained Swedas have been seen.”
Flotila’s blockage also led to large -scale demonstrations in cities around the world.