India, Oct. 15 -- US-born photojournalist Noa Avishag Schnall, who was arrested on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza, accused Israeli jail guards of "extreme brutality," including physical assault and threats of rape.

As a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Schnall was on board the ship Conscience when Israeli soldiers detained it early last Wednesday morning. Schnall had been working for independent publication Drop Site News.

In a video shared online, she claimed to have been victimized by "inhumane treatment," strip searched several times, and violently held in international waters.

"Our boat was attacked around 5 a.m.," Schnall stated in the video, appearing with a black eye and evident bruises. She claimed the "brutality" started ...