Eighty-seven activists aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, who are being held by Israel, have begun a hunger strike to protest their detention and show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
In a post on X on Tuesday, the flotilla said that for the second time in three weeks, the Israeli army, which claimed to be “the most moral army,” had abducted their companions from international waters. It added that “in protest of their illegal abduction and in solidarity with the over 9,500 Palestinian hostages held in Israeli dungeons, at least 87 flotilla participants have committed to a hunger strike until they are released.”
The flotilla called for the release of all detainees held by Israeli authorities and urged governments to condemn the “act of piracy.” The flotilla also called for lifting the blockade on the Gaza Strip and for the release of all abductees from the flotilla, as well as all Palestinian prisoners.