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Relatives of arrested campaigners from New Zealand have voiced worries about difficult circumstances in confinement facilities, involving lack of access to clean water and legal representation.

Aid Convoy Activists Experience Deportation

Approximately dozens of activists from different backgrounds are prepared to be removed from Israel, including twenty-eight French nationals, twenty-seven Greek nationals, fifteen Italian citizens, and 9 Swedish citizens.

Relative Reports of Poor Situations

Samuel's father voiced grave apprehension about his son's situation, saying: "I'm extremely anxious about my son, as he remains in a cell at this moment, in a confined space crowded with numerous individuals... he has been denied water and legal counsel."

Health Concerns and Handling

Heba Hamida mentioned that her loved one had suffered an shoulder injury to her shoulder, though the family remained unclear about the circumstances of how it happened.

"I urge the officials to respond and secure the return of our dear ones safely unharmed and in proper health," Hamida said.

Political Statements

The Pacific nation's foreign ministry issued a declaration stating that a consular partner in the region had consulted the citizens and that further support would be made available in the coming days.

At the same time, Israel's foreign ministry has denied allegations that some detainees were denied access their attorneys and asserted that the legal rights of the detainees were being "fully upheld."

Additional Reports of Poor Treatment

Legal representatives working with the detained activists have claimed that some of those in confinement have faced abuse and bodily injury while in detention facilities.

• Being denied medical treatment and necessary medicines
• Reportedly, a woman of faith was compelled to remove her religious garment
• Restricted access to essential items

Political Responses

A prominent member of the country's political group, Chlöe Swarbrick, informed a media briefing that the arrested citizens were working to build a society "where our human dignity actually means something."

Meanwhile, the diplomat the minister targeted political opponents of "faux moral outrage" and suggested that members of the flotilla were "headline hunting" and had been told not to participate with the mission.

Prime Minister the political leader told reporters that diplomats had communicated "emphatically to the officials" that the safety of nationals was paramount.

Yet, the official refused to condemn the country's stopping of the flotilla because there were "arguments on both sides."