Charges could mean visiting dignitaries would be arrested for suffering inflicted on intercepted ship.

Gadija Davids — detained for being on a vessel that tried to break the blockade on Gaza — said being interrogated was a "shocking experience".

A website associated with the South African on board the Gaza-bound flotilla attacked by the Israeli army, has been hacked, allegedly from Israel.

The government has summoned the Israeli ambassador to demand the release of a SA journalist held after a raid on a ship in Israel on Monday.