of significant evidentiary and legal difficulties". [ 187 ] Some the activists claimed they were beaten during interrogations. [ 188 ] Mattias Gardell also said there was sleep deprivation [ 189 ] and that he was beaten several times. [ 190 ] They also said that treatment depended on their skin colour, ethnicity and if they had a Muslim sounding name. [ 189 ] [ 191 ] One activist said they were not allowed to contact lawyers and were videotaped throughout. [ 129 ] According to Henning Mankell, Israeli authorities confiscated their money, credit cards, mobile phones, laptops, cameras, and personal belongings including clothes. They were only allowed to keep papers. [ 129 ] [ 192 ] Several passengers had charges made to their confiscated debit cards and cell phones. Israel pledged to investigate the issue. [ 193 ] An IDF officer and three soldiers were subsequently arrested by Israeli military police and charged with stealing laptops and mobile phones from passengers. [ 194 ] Turkish journalist Adem Özköse, who was aboard the Marmara , said Israel's prison was like a 5-star hotel compared to Syria's jails. [ 195 ] Delivery of cargo Military camouflage discovered amidst cargo Expired medicine amidst cargo Israel said humanitarian aid confiscated from the ships would be transferred to Gaza, but that it would not transfer banned items such as cement. [ 61 ] At the same briefing, they said that they found construction equipment, including concrete and metal rods, that were not allowed into