"Zack Schofield alleged the protesters were subjected to violence by the Israeli forces, despite claims from Israel's foreign minister that they were taken off unharmed. They took people into the fourth shipping container and beat them with the butts of their rifles and batons, and with their fists and their feet."
"I saw a man shot at point-blank range with a rubber bullet in the leg and in the back. A friend of mine who was in the American delegation told me he was dragged into that fourth shipping container and repeatedly kicked in the testicles, among many other places that they beat him."
"Schofield alleged he witnessed a young Colombian woman being repeatedly punched in the ribs by an IDF soldier."
Three Australian activists, Ethan Floyd, Neve O'Connor, and Zack Schofield, initiated a hunger strike in Crete after being left there by Israeli authorities. They were part of a flotilla intercepted while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The activists reported mistreatment during their two-day detention on an Israeli vessel, which was modified to serve as a prison. Schofield described witnessing violence against fellow protesters, including beatings and the use of rubber bullets. Greek officials confirmed that some activists were hospitalized following the incident.
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