Freedom Flotilla Coalition highlights plight of Palestinian prisoners
The FFC, which organised the Madleen’s journey to Gaza, is drawing attention to the plight of the more than 10,400 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
“Our abducted Madleen colleagues will briefly encounter a system where over 10,400 missing Palestinian prisoners are being held hostage illegally imprisoned by the Israeli occupation,” the group said.
“[The Israeli occupation has] no jurisdiction, no legal grounding, and no right to hold them hostage,” it added.
The FFC said the Israeli system is a “regime of abduction and apartheid”, where “Palestinians are held hostage under a structure designed to crush resistance, silence truth and normalize ethnic cleansing”.
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Rights group files war crimes complaint against Israeli Navy unit
The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a war crimes complaint in the UK over the Israeli naval raid on the British-flagged Madleen yesterday.
“The complaint targets the Shayetet 13 unit that executed the attack and Vice Admiral David Saar Salama who is the commander in chief of the Israeli Navy,” it said in a statement.
“The Madleen, sailing as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was carrying medical supplies, food, and baby formula to civilians in Gaza. The ship, legally considered an extension of UK territory, was over 60 nautical miles [111km] off the coast when it was intercepted and boarded by Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos,” it added.
HRF, named after a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, has previously said it filed evidence of alleged war crimes with the International Criminal Court against 1,000 Israelis over their actions in Gaza.
🚨🚨The #HindRajabFoundation has filed a criminal complaint in the UK
against elite unit Shayetet 13, under the command of Vice Admiral David Saar Salama over Israel’s illegal raid on the British-flagged aid ship #Madleen and the abduction of 12 people.
For more info read ⬇️… pic.twitter.com/ELxqpaU7BP
— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) June 9, 2025
Protesters rally in Greece, Mexico, Israel over raid on Madleen
People protest near the Israeli Embassy in Athens, following the seizure by Israeli forces of the Madleen, in Athens, Greece, June 9
A woman waves Palestinian flags during a demonstration in Mexico City, Mexico, June 9
A protester holds a placard during a gathering near the Israeli port of Ashdod on June 9
