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Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse by Israeli forces while detained Pro-Palestinian activists who were
flotilla Britons say they needed hospital care after Israeli forces’ abuse Two British activists have said they were admitted to hospital after being beaten by Israeli forces who [intercepted their Gaza
Israeli forces abducted about 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters on Tuesday to halt a flotilla of volunteers trying to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. The allegations of abuse
Israeli forces arrested 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters on Tuesday to halt the flotilla of volunteers trying to take aid supplies to the [Gaza](https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza) Strip. The allegations
Israeli forces aiming to stop the flotilla from delivering aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. The flotilla included people from 40 countries. Organisers of the aid flotilla said the activists, who were kidnapped from international
Gaza flotilla are returning home after being detained in Israel. The group have alleged mistreatment and abuse by Israeli forces
abuse amounting to torture”. The Global Sumud Flotilla’s first voyage to Gaza in August and September drew worldwide attention before Israeli forces
Israeli security officers abusing Sumud flotilla activists who were attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. In the footage, Ben-Gvir is heard taunting activists, who are forced
abuses in Gaza although a US federal judge later blocked the penalties. Albanese recently warned that flotilla activists faced serious danger after reports that Israeli forces
abuse. Israel responded by cutting ties with Guterres. The report coincides with growing international outrage over the Global Sumud Flotilla scandal, in which Israeli forces violently detained activists travelling onboard ships attempting to provide Palestinians
flotilla activist abuse video Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of Israeli security forces abusing international activists who were detained as they tried
forces began intercepting vessels en route to Gaza on 18 May, were greeted with applause and chants of “free, free Palestine” at the international arrivals gates. Dressed in grey sweatsuits inscribed with the Israeli prison
abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla The foreign affairs minister, [Penny Wong](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/penny-wong), says she believes the Australian women who have alleged they were raped and beaten by Israeli soldiers after being detained
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, including beatings, forced
Gaza. She said participants in the flotilla were taken onto "two prison ships". Schafer alleges flotilla members were "systematically tortured and abused over two days". Israeli authorities have said there was little humanitarian aid onboard
flotillas. Most detainees have been released and deported within days, but many accused Israeli forces of physical and [psychological abuse](/news/2025/10/7/us-activist-from-gaza-flotilla-alleges-psychological-torture-by-israel). Tuesday’s sanctions freeze the activists’ assets in the US and make it generally
Flotilla was organised as part of an effort to confront Israeli abuses in Gaza, where Israel has led a genocidal war against Palestinians since October 2023. More than [75,000 Palestinians](/features/2026/2/18/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-75000-as-independent-data-verify-loss) have been killed
forces have intercepted nearly every flotilla in international waters. On Tuesday, at least 430 activists from more than 46 countries were abducted during Israeli interceptions of the latest flotilla. ## What did Ben-Gvir
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 claims The United Nations has called for the immediate release of two Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla activists abducted by Israeli authorities last week, calling for an investigation into the “disturbing accounts of severe