French GSF activist recounts harsh and degrading treatment by Israeli forces Konum: Istanbul, Turkiye

French activist Yasin Benjelloyn, who was aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, has described the harsh and degrading treatment by Israel during detention. He was among those forcibly taken to Israel after Israeli forces held them in international waters.

“The way they (Israel ) treated us is they prevented us from having medicine for those who needed medicine. They only gave us water after 32 hours. Drinkable water," Benjelloyn told Anadolu after arriving in Istanbul on a special flight Saturday.

"We had barely any food. We were woken up at 3 in the morning with dogs and snipers walking into our rooms, waking us up every two hours to prevent us from sleeping," he said. “They do this to us -- innocent civilians -- and it could only let us imagine what they do to the Palestinians."