A Canadian activist detained during a deadly raid on an aid flotilla said his Israeli captors beat and imprisoned him after launching an attack on the ship he was travelling on, CBC reported Wednesday.
Rifat Audeh was identified as one of three Canadians detained during the raid that took place in international waters Monday. Israeli troops boarded a flotilla of ships carrying aid supplies to the Gaza Strip, killing at least nine people on board.
Audeh told CBC he received violent treatment at the hands of the troops who detained him and his fellow passengers.
“The Israeli soldiers beat me on the ship,” said Audeh in a telephone interview with CBC from Jordan.
“They had us
