The recent flotilla of volunteers trying to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip consisted of 50 boats and hundreds of people from different countries. On Tuesday, Israelis arrested 430 people, and forced them onto ships converted into makeshift prisons. The protesters abducted onto these ships report surviving a number of violent tortures including:
Denied water, blankets, and most of their clothing.
Forced to kneel for hours and kicked if they moved or spoke.
Moved from room to room periodically to deprive them of sleep.
Locked in a darkened container.
Serious injured in their eyes, ears, and rib-cages with tasers.
Beaten by multiple soldiers, breaking ribs, fracturing vertebrae.
Stripped, sexually harassed, and groped.
Sexually violated, anally raped, and forcibly penetrated with a handgun.
This is what Israel did to people who were only under their control from Tuesday to Friday, less than a week. This is what Israel did to people from Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and others of the global north. This is what they did to protesters showing solidarity on a global stage who have lawyers and news attention.
Imagine what they do to Palestinians every day.
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