Carlos de Barrón recounts the humiliation, psychological abuse, aggression, and intimidation that he and the rest of the crew suffered during their three-night detention in an Israeli prison
The Israeli military boarded at least 21 of the 44 boats sailing to the Strip with aid, including the ‘Captain Nikos,’ on which EL PAÍS was traveling. Among those detained was Swedish activist Greta Thunberg
Members of the flotilla, which includes an EL PAÍS journalist, had spotted around 20 vessels nearby earlier. The flotilla had already entered the exclusion zone established by the Israeli military
The mission, in which EL PAÍS is traveling, reports that a Navy boat surrounded several ships and remotely disabled their communication systems
The projectile fell on the deck next to a crew member and started a fire. Leaders of the Global Sumud Flotilla called it ‘pyschological warfare’
None of the six crew members on board the ship, docked in Tunisia at the time, were injured. Spokespeople for the Global Sumud Flotilla said the mission to break the Israeli blockade continues
Five of the 30 ships carrying food, water and medicine were forced to return to the port of Barcelona for the second time. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is one of 200 people attempting the Mediterranean crossing