Huwaida Arraf, a human rights attorney and activist from Macomb Township, is currently jailed in Israel after the ship she was in was intercepted by Israeli forces.

Her husband, Adam Shapiro, confirmed this with 7 News Detroit. He said Arraf was trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The group of 145 activists set sail on Sept. 30.

Theyre carrying medicine, theyre carrying baby food, theyre carrying journalists and medical workers in this case of this ship that Huweida was on," Shapiro explained. Why there's still a great need for the world to access Gaza immediately is that the health conditions of the people who have survived up until now remain precarious."

Israeli forces detained her and the other coalition volunteers on Tuesday.

Alex McDona

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