Emma Graham-Harrison

South Korea had already questioned the legality of this decision to intercept them in international waters.

They were then brought to Israel.

They were always going to be deported.

But Netanyahu's call for them to be deported wasn't in itself a new thing.

He was basically saying they need to be taken out of Israeli custody as a way to end this mistreatment.

And, you know, that video, outrageous as it was, was followed up by perhaps even more disturbing reports from lawyers who'd been to visit the detainees.

They said they had not been able to speak to all of them because of severe restrictions on access, but they did...

speak to hundreds of them.

They said that three had been hospitalised because of extreme violence.

They were subsequently released from hospital.

And they said dozens of people were reporting injuries that they believed to be broken ribs, which were causing breathing difficulties.

They did not have doctors with them.

These were just the lawyers.

But they also reported a range of violence.

Rubber bullets were used against them during the interception.

Tasers were used.

They were held in stress positions.

And they also reported sexual humiliation.

And some of the women said that they'd had their hijabs ripped off by Israeli security forces.

And the legal centre, the NGO whose lawyers are representing them at Dala, said that this represented a new pattern of abuse against international activists.