Overview

• Six Mexican participants in the Global Sumud flotilla were detained in Israel, repatriated this week, and upon arrival in Mexico alleged physical and psychological torture.
• Israeli Ambassador Einat Kranz Neiger said there is no evidence of mistreatment and cited Mexico’s ambassador Mauricio Escanero, who visited the detainees and reported they were in good condition.
• Kranz Neiger also denied that Escanero was mistreated and characterized the flotilla effort as a provocation while asserting the Gaza maritime blockade is lawful.
• Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente has raised the possibility of taking the case to the UN Human Rights Council, and Israel says it has not yet set an official stance if a referral is filed.
• Addressing the broader conflict, the ambassador rejected genocide accusations and said Israel aims to minimize civilian harm in operations against Hamas.