KUALA TERENGGANU, 6 October - Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activist, Mohd Asmawi Mukhtar, has revealed the inhumane treatment he endured when he was forced to prostrate on scorching tar under the blazing sun after being detained and beaten by Israeli forces.

"We were forced to kneel, face down on the tar, all of this directly under the hot sun," he recalls the ordeal whilst detained by the regime.

According to Asmawi, the activists were abducted immediately after their flotillas were intercepted and ordered to dock at the port of Ashdod before being taken about 200 meters away from the harbor area.

"When we arrived at this specific location, the regime's soldiers told us to prostrate on the asphalt.

"I quickly slide my passport where my face was going to face down.

"Most of the others didn't have time to react, and their faces were pressed directly onto the burning surface," he said.

He added, they were positioned with their hands on their back, although not restricted, forced to stay in that humiliating position for three grueling hours under the intense heat.

Throughout the ordeal, armed commandos closely guarded them, preventing any movement.

"The women were cying in pain. The soldiers showed no sense of remorse at all," Asmawi lamented.

After hours under the sun, the detainees were transferred to another location resembling an immigration control centre, where their personal belongings were thoroughly searched and confiscated.

"The Zionist soldiers took our personal items, including documents and clothing, to look for any information related to the flotilla mission," he added.