Gaza Aid Flotilla Activists Accuse Israeli Forces Of Alleged Rape And Torture

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Australian activists who part in the Gaza aid flotilla (the Global Sumud Flotilla) are accusing Israeli security forces of rape and torture following their apprehension in mid-May. The Israeli prison service denied these accusations.

Last week Israel detained 430 volunteers from 40 countries who were aboard 50 boats in international waters. The flotilla was en-route to deliver aid supplies to the Gaza Strip.

“That was just the beginning of four days of absolute hell. I’ve looked into the eyes of the most soulless people in the universe, ​and nothing came back. These people need to be stopped,” documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont alleged.

“I was dragged into a darkened container ship on a prison boat. I was sexually assaulted. I was beaten,” she claimed.

Another Australian ​activist, Sam Woripa Watson, alleged that he suffered a fractured rib and received bruises and cuts across ‌his ⁠body from the Israeli forces who detained them. He also claims to have seen activists getting hit with tasers and shot with rubber bullets as well as having stun grenades thrown at them.

“Global Sumud Flotilla, the organisers of the aid shipment, said it had documented at least 15 cases of sexual abuse, with the worst ​occurring on one ​Israeli landing craft ⁠which had been converted into a makeshift prison with barbed wire and shipping containers,” Reuters reported Monday. “The statement was released after the Israeli ​prison service’s blanket denial of mistreatment, rape and sexual assault allegations.”

Reuters said it could not independently verify the Israeli prison service’s denial of the alleged abuse.

Alex Jones Live reported on Israel’s national security minister Ben-Gvir receiving criticism from other top Israeli and U.S. officials following the release of a video of him taunting the non-combatant flotilla detainees.

Detainees were forced to go on their knees and face on the floor while Gvir can be seen smiling and taunting.


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