{"id":95309,"date":"2026-05-03T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/95309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:59:11","slug":"gaza-flotilla-activists-detained-by-israel-face-extreme-brutality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/95309\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel face \u2018extreme brutality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli court on Sunday, according to the rights group defending them.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy with the aim of breaking an Israeli blockade of Gaza and bringing supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">They were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece early on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed some 175 activists \u2013 two of whom were taken to Israel for questioning.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avilo appeared before a court in Ashqelon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe state asked to extend their detention by four days,\u201d Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the rights group Adalah, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Malaysian Global Sumud Flotilla activists prostrate in prayer after they arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia following their detention by Israeli forces, Sepang, Malaysia, on October 7 last year. Photo: EPA\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87807913-a50f-44ed-9ec2-813644404a67_9d5f68d4.jpg\" title=\"Malaysian Global Sumud Flotilla activists prostrate in prayer after they arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia following their detention by Israeli forces, Sepang, Malaysia, on October 7 last year. Photo: EPA\"\/>Malaysian Global Sumud Flotilla activists prostrate in prayer after they arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia following their detention by Israeli forces, Sepang, Malaysia, on October 7 last year. Photo: EPA<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Saturday, Adalah said its lawyers had met the two detained activists at Shikma Prison in Ashqelon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[33551,21490,4059,32331,655,382,496,307,25595,1411,37,384,498,1218,11378],"class_list":{"0":"post-95309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-adalah","9":"tag-ashkelon","10":"tag-brazil","11":"tag-crete","12":"tag-egypt","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-gaza","15":"tag-greece","16":"tag-greta-thunberg","17":"tag-hamas","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-italy","20":"tag-palestine","21":"tag-spain","22":"tag-us-treasury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116509826245023733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}