Tel Aviv, Oct. 4 -- The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, has accused Israeli authorities of unlawfully detaining participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), who were intercepted in international waters while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Instagram, Adalah said its lawyers met with hundreds of flotilla participants at Ashdod Port, where they were initially processed without legal counsel and subjected to degrading treatment.

"They were zip-tied, forced to kneel for hours, and falsely branded as terrorists. The interception in international waters amounts to abduction, while the blockade itself is illegal," Adalah said.

The organisation added that detainees were later...