Overview

• Six Mexican participants in the Flotilla Global Sumud were returned to Mexico on Wednesday after several days in Israeli detention.
• The activists told reporters on arrival that they suffered physical and psychological torture while in custody.
• Ambassador Einat Kranz Neiger said there is no evidence of abuse and cited Mexican ambassador Mauricio Escanero’s visits confirming their good physical condition.
• She denied allegations that Escanero was mistreated during his visits and described the flotilla as a staged provocation that carried only a very small amount of aid.
• She defended Israel’s Gaza maritime blockade as lawful, rejected genocide accusations, and said Israel has not set an official position on any UN rights body referral.