🔗 Share this article Participants from Gaza Flotilla Allege Poor Situations in Israel's Custody Families of arrested campaigners from the Pacific nation have raised alarms about harsh treatment in Israeli detention, featuring lack of access to water and attorney access. Aid Convoy Participants Experience Removal Over dozens of crew members from different backgrounds are scheduled to be expelled from the country, including twenty-eight people from France, twenty-seven Greek citizens, 15 Italian citizens, and nine Swedes. Relative Accounts of Harsh Situations The father of one detainee expressed grave apprehension about his son's condition, saying: "I'm extremely anxious about my son, as he remains in a holding cell right now, in a confined space crowded with many other people... he has been denied water and attorney access." Health Concerns and Handling Heba Hamida mentioned that her sister had sustained an shoulder injury to her shoulder, though the relatives remained uncertain about the specifics of how it happened. "I request the authorities to respond and return our family members safely safe and in proper health," the family member commented. Official Reactions The Pacific nation's ministry of foreign affairs provided a official comment confirming that a official contact in Israel had visited the New Zealanders and that additional assistance would be provided in the following period. At the same time, Israeli diplomatic authorities has rejected allegations that some activists were prevented from seeing their legal representatives and stated that the due process rights of the detainees were being "fully upheld." Further Reports of Poor Treatment Legal representatives assisting the arrested activists have claimed that some of those in detention have endured mistreatment and physical violence while in Israeli custody. Being denied healthcare services and prescription drugs Allegedly, a female detainee was pressured to remove her religious garment Inadequate access to basic necessities Government Responses A prominent member of New Zealand's political group, the official, told a media briefing that the detained New Zealanders were working to establish a society "in which our compassion genuinely has value." Simultaneously, foreign affairs minister the minister criticized other officials of "false indignation" and suggested that individuals of the humanitarian mission were "seeking attention" and had been warned not to participate with the mission. The leader Christopher Luxon told the media that officials had conveyed "emphatically to the authorities" that the security of citzens was paramount. Yet, the leader declined to condemn the country's stopping of the flotilla because there were "arguments on each side."