The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has reiterated the call for the release of detainees arrested by the Israeli navy on board the Global Sumud Flotilla, including Mandla Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela.

WATCH | Nosekeni Mandela, Mandla Mandela’s wife, is pleading for the safe return of her husband, who is one of the South Africans on the flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces, heading to Gaza carrying aid. She adds that it has been a very difficult time for the family. pic.twitter.com/gzWDNywWsh

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The flotilla was intercepted on Wednesday by the Israeli navy. Its aim was to break the siege of Gaza by delivering humanitarian aid.

Coordinator of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Usuf Chikte says, “It is not only Chief Mandla Mandela. It is also Zukiswa Wanner, it is also Fatima Hendricks, Caroline, Reaaz Moola and Zaheera Soomar. All of them have been captured, abducted by Israel in international waters at gunpoint, carrying medicines and food for a starving population.”

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