Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege beatings and sexual assault in Israeli detention
Participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla say at least 15 sexual assaults, including rape, and dozens of injuries occurred while Israeli forces held them after intercepting the convoy. Israeli authorities detained 430 people after intercepting a flotilla of more than 50 boats carrying activists and medical supplies, and the Israel Prison Service denies the abuse claims. Organizers are calling for sanctions on Israel and the release of Palestinian detainees, and France has barred national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entry.
BREAKING: Global Sumud Flotilla activists released from Israeli custody after Israel seized an aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters, say they were tortured, sexually assaulted and denied basic legal rights. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/finz9n
Jan Dehn52Of course they were! Israel is a death cult addicted to violence, rape, torture, and death.
Riem30I know people who call protesters of war crimes 'obscene'. Supremacist mind-set really takes the humanity outta people.
Terrible Mom27When someone says they were raped, use that word in the reporting. Saying sexual assault minimises the action, making it sound like someone pinched their butt rather than the horrible, vile act of rape
Mark Norman24They are a rogue state. They are getting away with crimes because no one has the power to stop them without starting WWIII
Israel is the grossest, most immoral country. Nothing but a terrorist State.
CJ11Israel is sadistic in their genocidal imperialistic machinations. “At least 15 cases of sexual assaults, including rape. Shot with rubber bullets at close range. Tens of people’s bones broken,” organisers posted on Telegram."
israel is a country of state sanctioned rapists
kateandgracie.bsky.social9Abhorrent! Activists, I’m sorry this happened to you and hope you will see justice. Unlikely with cowardly western politicians.
aboutosleep.bsky.social9Nobody deserves to be violated for trying to help starving people.
Mrsmc9A Rogue State. My son was on this flotilla. He was stripped naked, beaten, humiliated - and he got iff lightly. He's Irish, 26 Yrs old, and just wanted to deliver aid to the starving children of Gaza. They branded him a terrorist. He's the kindest person you'll ever meet. #freepalestine
luketobit.bsky.social9Why does Isreal love rape so much?
time2speaktruth9@schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov STOP SENDING OUR TAX $$ TO SUPPORT NETANYAHU'S BLOOD LUST.
Malevolent Appendix8Should my country declare war on Israel to stop its horrific behaviour, I would enlist immediately. I have no interest in violence, in destruction, or joining a military, except when fascists are involved. Then non-violent action is put aside to stop the g3n0c!dal regime of the Israeli government.
KitKatMollyDolly 🇨🇦🇺🇦5Israel sounds worse than Iran.
Calvin-Anti ICE-Hobbes4How is anyone protecting or even giving aid to Israel with all the illegal and atrocious things they are doing?
Call me Trixie4Is this the flotilla that includes the sister of the President of Ireland?
Jen Vaughn, Storyteller at Large4I wish I had the words for this.
まり4In a just world, the United States would be invading Israel, not Iran.
Orion2The Nazis did Nazi shit? Who would have fucking guessed
the fact that israel is straight up raping and torturing flotilla activists from all over the world and it’s not an international crisis it’s not putting a stop to anything, what is going ON
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸96pure deranged evil. unfathomable evil.
Jive XXL13its israel. they have already gotten away with so much shit for 78 years so why would they face consequences now?
Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤12korean gvt supposedly also joining the EU in complaining... let's see if anything comes out of it
jess m.10why the fuck are countries still so fucking scared. I guess this entire war is to make iran an example to anyone else who tries to do anything? I don't even know
staryfinch.bsky.social5The Western media is ignoring the story to bury it. And how many politicians have spoken out about it? The US and the West are just hopeless, rotten civilization.
Amber3The mainstream media basically doesn't even acknowledge it. They're soo fucking complicit 🤬
Bye-ya2I don’t know how many more times I can ask this question without losing my mind entirely: what is the threshold? These last three years have aged me terribly.
1/ I have huge respect for people with the courage to join the Global Sumud Flotilla. They put their bodies at risk because they do not believe their lives are more valuable than the lives of Palestinians.
Avi Lewis1992/ It is shameful that government ministers express indignation for Canadians when they have utterly failed to show it for Palestinians, who have endured untold cruelty for the better part of a century.
mellowcanuck.bsky.social9The next flotilla needs a U.N. escort.
wanderlustdude.bsky.social3The only Canadian party leader actually willing to lead ❤️
GAZA FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS REPORT BEING R*PED & TORTURED IN ISRAELI DETENTION🇵🇸😢
nursejeanne.bsky.social3These are war criminals. Netanyahu is a war criminal. The US is complicit. Full stop. 💯 shameful. Bombing schools, hospitals, killing journalists, attacking activists and humanitarian aid. Genocide. War crimes. Wake up,citizens of the US. Wake up and stop this. Electeds, looking at you.
HA Grace2Exactly what Trump would do
dh-web.bsky.social2Israel's military USED to be the ultimate of special forces after the Mossad handling of Entebbe, Munich Olympics. Supporting Israel's security is important. BUT currently, Israel's military has TOTALLY DESTROYED their image & reputation. It’s Netanyahu who has caused Israel's military downfall.
Activists on board a humanitarian flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces on their way to Gaza say they were subjected to beatings, torture and sexual violence while in detention.
Mash5This is what Israel has always done. In fact Israel regularly does far worse while the United States actively works to shield Israeli crimes from any accountability.
mobilenighthawk.bsky.social3What !! Do you really think that a criminal regime that has entirely destroyed a 2.2 million city, that has butchered more than 100000 civilians, that is actively stealing its neighbors territories and that is eradicating an entire People can be so despicable and use such barbarity !? Unbelievable !
R.M.W. II2The Urgent Need to Separate Jewishness from Zionism: A Global Imperative europe-is-us.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...
SailorLife2It's what Israelis do and always have done. They're nothing but brutal savages.
aussiechickie.bsky.social2War crime investigations are required.
Activists detained after their flotilla tried to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have reported mistreatment by Israeli soldiers.
Sean Solo11Israel is an apartheid terror state.
MadMich10Let me fix that title for you. Activists kidnapped after their flotilla was stopped by the Israel's navy in international waters have reported mistreatment by Israeli soldiers.
* There Are Bot7You mean rapes. Not "mistreatment." They say they were raped.
🇨🇦Christiane Schotsch5Those who abused the activists will not be held accountable... Again, it's shameful.
Robert Stowasser4Israel has no regard for its global reputation. History suggests that up to this date the Zionist cause (to provide a safe haven for Jewish people) has been a failure. ‘Safety’ that relies on ‘iron domes’ and military supremacy is no haven.
Justice For Victims2The world needs to shun Israel. It is a terrorist state breaking international law and committing genocide. They used white phosphorus in Lebanon. The IDF are terrorists.
Maven Page2Mistreatment?!!!!! RAPE. Say it!!!! Stop sanitizing your headlines to please the perpetrators. Israel terrorizes people, murders people, and openly lies about it.
Spansk polis misshandlar medlemmar ur global sumud flotilla i ankomsthallen på Bilbaos flygplats. Efter att de kidnappats, misshandlats och torterats av Israel.
Svante Thunberg22Europas strukturella rasism utmanar man inte ostraffat. Fascismen sitter i väggarna.
Mats Henricson4Jag tror det där kommer att bli en enorm skandal i Spanien!
Evert at Sea3Obegripligt med människor som ställer upp på att misshandla. ...om de inte gick att rekrytera så borde fascismen falla samman...
