05/05/2026 11:08 (UTC)
Court in Ashkelon to rule on detention of Global Sumud activists
Ashkelon, Israel, May 5 (EFE).- Israeli police on Tuesday asked the judge to extend the detention of the arrested activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla—Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish-Palestinian Abukeshek Saif—by six more days. The two are facing a police investigation for terrorism-related offenses after being transferred to Israel.According to their lawyer, Hadeel Abu Salih of the legal group Adalah, this is the request she submitted to the judge at the Ashkelon court in southern Israel, who will decide on the extension or their release during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning.CAMERA: MAGDA GIBELLI.FOOTAGE OF THE ASHKELON COURT, WHERE THE HEARING IS BEING HELD FOR ACTIVISTS THIAGO ÁVILA, A BRAZILIAN, AND ABUKESHEK SAIF, A SPANISH-PALESTINIAN, WHO WERE DETAINED FROM THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA.
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