"Defining the experience I endured from early Thursday morning to Sunday is very difficult. But inhumane and extreme are two adjectives that fit. Humiliation, psychological abuse, physical aggression, intimidation, and, ultimately, an endless array of actions and behaviors aimed at making us feel extremely vulnerable. So much so that, at any moment, a wrong move or a bad response could lead to a situation where all you knew was that you would come back in a much worse state."
"The night from Wednesday to Thursday seemed endless. Around 7:00 p.m local time, the Alma, leading the mission, was the first to be attacked by heavily armed soldiers. The alert level was at its highest, and we had all prepared for that moment. Then began an endless stream of information about vessels being attacked. On the Captain Nikos, we suddenly saw a large military vessel approaching and blinding us with a huge spotlight."
I endured inhumane humiliation, psychological abuse, physical aggression, intimidation, and behaviors designed to make passengers feel extremely vulnerable from early Thursday morning until Sunday. At least four Israeli military ships intercepted the Captain Nikos, a vessel on a humanitarian mission to deliver aid and medicine to the Gaza Strip, where I was accredited as a journalist. The night before the interception was fraught with attacks on other vessels, and the Captain Nikos was repeatedly surrounded by military ships before being surrounded and boarded at dawn. Soldiers pointed machine guns, demanded passengers come on deck, and a dozen soldiers boarded, leading to detention until release and return to Spain.
Read at english.elpais.com
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