The UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned Israel’s treatment of activists aboard Gaza-bound flotilla ships, calling video of the incident “shocking” and expressing concern over what it described as potentially illegal arrests and detentions in international waters.

“What this video shows is shocking,” OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement. for Anadolu.

She was referring to a video shared by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir that showed activists detained, tied up and forced to kneel after being detained by Israeli forces in international waters.

The Sumud Global Humanitarian Flotilla said on Tuesday that all 50 ships in its convoy had been seized by Israel following attacks in the waters. international.

Shamdasani said the office is “concerned about the situation in which hundreds of Gaza-bound flotilla activists have been arrested by Israeli forces aboard foreign-flagged ships in international waters and are being held by the Israeli navy, following what appear to be illegal arrests and detentions”.

She called the criminalization of the delivery of rescue aid “unacceptable”.

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