{"id":18173,"date":"2026-05-24T02:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18173"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:32:20","slug":"malaysian-activists-return-home-after-israeli-detention-on-gaza-aid-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18173","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Activists Return Home After Israeli Detention On Gaza Aid Mission\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEPANG<\/strong> \u2014 Tears of relief and tight embraces filled the arrival hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 on Sunday night as 28 Malaysian humanitarian activists safely returned to home soil following their detention by Israeli forces<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The volunteers, who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) 2.0 mission intercepted while attempting to deliver crucial aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, arrived at 9:30 PM on Emirates flight EK342<sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup>. Traveling alongside them was Datuk Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby, the Director-General of the Sumud Nusantara Command Center (SNCC)<sup><\/sup>. Their repatriation journey spanned from Istanbul, Turkiye, with a brief transit in Dubai, before finally landing in Malaysia<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Rousing Homecoming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A passionate crowd of more than 100 family members, NGO comrades, and pro-Palestinian supporters gathered at the terminal to accord the activists a hero\u2019s welcome<sup><\/sup>. Waving Palestinian flags, the crowd chanted <em>&#8220;Free Free Palestine&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Allahuakbar&#8221;<\/em> as the volunteers emerged into the arrival hall<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On hand to officially receive the delegation were Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and Sik Member of Parliament Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Volunteer Hospitalized in Turkiye<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While 28 members of the Malaysian contingent have safely returned, one activist, Razman Mat Ali, remains hospitalized in Istanbul<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officials, Razman was unable to board the flight as he continues to undergo medical treatment for a traumatic pneumothorax (a punctured lung)<sup><\/sup>. The severe injury was reportedly sustained after he was physically assaulted and punched by Israeli soldiers during the high-seas interception of the aid vessel<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SNCC had previously confirmed that all 50 global participants aboard the GSF 2.0 mission were intercepted and detained by the Israeli military during the humanitarian operation<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roster of Repatriated Activists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 28 returning humanitarian workers represent a broad cross-section of Malaysian civil society<sup><\/sup>. The fully repatriated individuals are<sup><\/sup>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Norazman Ishak<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Muhammad Hareez Adzrami<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nor Liyana Farhan Daud<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zainal Rashid Ahmad<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ahmad Musa Al-Nuwayri Kamaruzaman<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hazwan Hazim Dermawan<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Norhelmi Ab Ghani<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohd Hanafi Mohd Salim<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohd Shamsir Mohd Isa<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohd Redzal Amzah<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Muhammad Zaid Abdul Karim<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Al-Ahmad Shah Abdul Kadir<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohammad Farizzal Rostam<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chin Shiau Weai<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Abdul Samad Selamat<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohammad Shazly Mohammad Shees<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tengku Ahmad Taufik Tengku Noor Zahari<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Syed Aminul Syafiq Syed Iskandar<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Osman Zulkifli<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jihan Alya Mohd Nordin<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Muhammad Amirul Afif Mohd Azhar<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S. Patmanathan <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Syakirin Muhamad Senin<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Muhammad Muhsin Zaidi<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eddy Noor Mat Amin<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Noor Thanisah Mohamad Tajudin<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naufa Azhar<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEPANG \u2014 Tears of relief and tight embraces filled the arrival hall of Kuala Lumpur&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",748,482,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69-300x193.jpeg",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",640,412,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",640,412,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",748,482,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",748,482,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",748,482,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69.jpeg",748,482,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6F5B6FCD-160D-476C-B8F4-AEF8930AAB69-720x475.jpeg",720,475,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18176,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173\/revisions\/18176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}