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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced in a press conference on Wednesday that 10 out of the 12 Indonesians aboard the Mava Marmara ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza have been released. Israeli Navy commandos stormed the ship on Monday morning, reportedly killing more than 10 passengers in a predawn raid that has brought worldwide condemnation and sparked a diplomatic crisis.
The Indonesians were among the 128 volunteers who have been freed. The two injured Indonesians are still at a hospital in Israel. “We are grateful that the 10 people are safe and are now in Jordan in healthy condition,” Yudhoyono said. “Reports said that the two other Indonesians were slightly injured. But these are not light wounds because one of them was shot in the leg and hand, while the other one was shot in the chest. Both of them are now are now at a hospital.” Yudhoyono said that he received the information from the Indonesian ambassador in Jordan, Zainul Bahir, and from Ferry Nur, head of the Indonesian Committee for Solidarity With Palestine (KISPA), during a telephone conversation at 11:30 a.m. today. “Ferry told me that he doesn’t know where the injured are hospitalized,” Yudhoyono said. “But I instructed the ambassador to take care of them. We don’t have diplomatic relations with Israel, but we have asked the Jordanian government to ensure that both of them will we well-taken cared of. Moreover, it will be good if they could be evacuated to Jordan.” The two injured Indonesians are Surya Fahrizal from the Sahabat al Aqsha (Friends of Al Aqsha organization) organization and Okvianto Baharudin from KISPA.