The United Nations Wednesday called on Israel on Wednesday to immediately release two activists taken from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and demanded an investigation into "disturbing accounts" they had been severely mistreated.
Spanish national Saif Abukeshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila, who are being held in a prison in Ashkelon, were among dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Greece last Thursday.