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Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse, sexual assault in Israeli detention Organisers of a [Gaza-bound
allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention Activists [released from Israeli custody](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/uk-israel-video-itama-ben-gvir) after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse
alleged Israeli abuses in Gaza although a US federal judge later blocked the penalties. Albanese recently warned that flotilla
Gaza-bound aid flotilla in October, [some activists](/news/2025/6/12/explainer-how-is-israel-treating-the-eight-flotilla-activists) who were detained alleged that Israeli authorities subjected them to physical and mental abuse
flotilla activists who were attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. In the footage, Ben-Gvir is heard taunting activists, who are forced to kneel with their foreheads to the floor and their hands
Gaza-bound aid flotilla after a global outcry over their treatment in custody**. It comes after Itamar Ben-Gvir, the country’s national security minister, posted [footage](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video) of Israeli security forces abusing
abuse video: What we know Israel’s far-right National Security Minister [Itamar Ben-Gvir](/news/2023/8/27/who-is-israels-far-right-pro-settler-security-minister-ben-gvir) has posted a video of himself taunting foreign activists abducted from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at a makeshift
allegations against them are “baseless” and have no “legal grounds”. “Because the activists were abducted over 1,000 kilometers away from Gaza and are not Israeli citizens, Israeli domestic law does not apply to them
allegations against Israeli forces, respect the Hashemite custodianship over Jerusalem’s Holy Sites and the historic status quo arrangements, and lift financial restrictions on the PA [Palestinian Authority] and the Palestinian economy,” it added. ## Increasing
abuses of Palestinians. Leon found that President Donald Trump’s administration had sought to regulate the United Nations expert’s speech because of the “idea or message expressed”. The Trump administration imposed the sanctions after
Gaza](https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza) with aid supplies. The next day Ben-Gvir posted a video of security forces abusing detainees. It also included footage of him waving an Israeli flag and taunting rows of activists
alleging without evidence that organisers of the aid vessels are trying to reach the Palestinian territory “in support of Hamas”. The sanctions on Tuesday come as the Israeli military continues to intercept [the latest fleet