Overview

• Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the intercepted vessels and passengers were taken to an Israeli port, that all aboard are in good health and that deportations will proceed quickly.
• The Freedom Flotilla/Thousand Madleens, carrying about 140 people, was stopped 110–120 nautical miles off Gaza, and organizers say more than $110,000 in medicines and equipment were seized.
• Spanish participants are among those detained, including lawmaker Jimena González, and separate detainee Reyes Rigo from the earlier Global Sumud flotilla remains held in Ketziot after her custody was extended.
• Mexico’s Foreign Ministry confirmed six nationals from the earlier Global Sumud flotilla were released by Israel and arrived in Mexico City after transiting through Amman and Istanbul.
• Waves of Freedom Suiza and returning activists report cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and a Mexican lawyer says at least one detainee was beaten as legal complaints to international bodies are weighed.