U.S. human rights defender Chris Smalls says he was physically assaulted in Israeli custody after he was abducted by Israeli forces who raided their Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel the Handala in international waters on Saturday. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says that Smalls was choked and kicked in the legs, with visible signs of violence on his neck and back, and that this level of force was not used on the other activists. Smalls was the only Black crew member on the Handala, which was carrying baby formula, diapers, food and medicine.

Meanwhile, in Greece, protesters on the island of Rhodes scuffled with riot police as they were demonstrating against the war in Gaza while an Israeli cruise ship was docked. This is one of the protesters.

Konstantinos Lerias: “The killings and the embargo that is happening in Gaza must stop. The people are starving. We demand a reaction from the rest of the world and that Israel does not operate on the backs of NATO and the West with what it’s doing right now. This is murder.”