Overview

• Israel’s Detention Review Tribunal ruled that 14 Handala activists will remain in Givon prison until their deportations are finalized.
• The group includes two Australians among activists, lawyers, parliamentarians and journalists who say they carried baby formula, toys and basic medicines to Gaza.
• Lawyers from the Adala legal advocacy group assert that seizing Handala in international waters violated international law and that Gaza’s naval blockade is itself illegal.
• The Freedom Flotilla Coalition reports that U.S. labor leader Chris Smalls was choked and kicked by soldiers more severely than other detainees after the interception.
• The coalition says it is preparing dozens of additional vessels to break the blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.