Makassar-born Activist Among Those Abducted by Israeli Soldiers

Makassar, VIVA – The family of Andi Angga Prasadewa, one of the Indonesian victims abducted by Zionist Israeli soldiers, from Makassar, South Sulawesi, are anxious about his condition after he was seized at sea off the Mediterranean during a humanitarian mission to Palestine on Monday, 18 May 2026.

“My son departed for Gaza by sea from Turkey, at Marmaris (Cruise Port), there were 56 ships, that’s what I heard. On the journey, before reaching 250 miles from the coast, he was captured by Zionist Israel,” said the victim’s mother Sutrawati Kaharuddin, at her home on Jalan Yusuf Daeng Ngawing, Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

Andi Angga Prasadewa was part of a Global Peace Convoy Indonesia (GPCI) delegation representing Rumah Zakat taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian mission to Palestine. There were nine Indonesian nationals including him who were intercepted by the Israeli military in the local waters.

Sutrawati told reporters that information about her son’s abduction only became known after she saw news reports and information from Rumah Zakat that her son had been captured by the Israeli military while en route to Gaza, Palestine on Monday, 18 May local time.

“Three o’clock yesterday he was still replying to my WhatsApp messages. After that I replied, sis, I am very worried. Be careful there. Lots of prayers, istighfar, whatever it may be, leave it to Allah. Always seek guidance from Allah,” she said.

She also revealed that her eldest son suffers seasickness and could not undertake the sea journey. Yet even though she had told him not to join, he insisted on going for the humanitarian mission.

“That day he said, I am seasick, or something like that. Brother (Angga) is seasick. In any case, always remember Allah. I just reminded him to increase his istighfar,” she added, recounting their last conversation.

Earlier she worried that her son would join the humanitarian mission as a Rumah Zakat representative carrying medicines and aid to Gaza, Palestine by sea. Before the kidnapping incident, she had contacted the victim.

“But, because my son also always worries about me, he would gradually decide to go if he didn’t want to commit immediately. Perhaps Rumah Zakat had conveyed it, but because of a mother’s intuition, I have always worried about my child.”