Yesterday, seven Australian activists returned home to Sydney International Airport on Dhurrawal Country, after being abducted by Israeli forces while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Israel is currently enforcing an illegal maritime blockade, which is exacerbating the widespread starvation, humanitarian crisis and genocide that is still unfolding across the Gaza Strip.
In emotional scenes, more than 100 family, friends and supporters welcomed the arrival of the activists. The activists then held a press conference to a waiting media pack, detailing beatings, sexual assaults and humiliation by the Israeli military.
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