Families are calling on California lawmakers for support nearly a week after their loved ones, who were part of a global flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, were detained by Israeli military forces.

Sidney Hollar told KQED that her son Logan Hollarsmith, who grew up in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, was detained early Wednesday while captaining the Ohwayla, a boat carrying U.S. veterans, as part of the high-profile maritime initiative that also included Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Hollar said since the detentions, U.S. lawmakers in California and Washington have done little to ensure that the citizens are able to return to the U.S. safely.

“United States citizens are being held in an Israeli prison — the whole United States Senate should have be

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