Londoners wait for news of relatives caught up in Israel ship raid

Relatives of Londoners caught up in the Gaza aid flotilla killings anxiously awaited news today.

Families fear the worst after Israeli commandos stormed aid boats and shot dead at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists. The Foreign Office confirmed that one British man was injured.

Families in the UK desperately tried to contact their relatives but their mobile phones are thought to have been seized by Israeli authorities.

Sourad Elgerbouzi, from Notting Hill, said she was increasingly worried about her husband Bilal Abdulazziz, a 43-year-old charity worker.

She said: "The last time I spoke to him on Saturday night I could hear helicopters and speedboats in the background. He's normally happy-go-lucky and cheerful but sounded very anxious and exhausted — now the phone lines are out. I don't know if he's alive or dead."

Ms Elgerbouzi, 35, was among 2,000 protesters who marched from Whitehall to the Israeli embassy in Kensington yesterday.

One London mother heard last night that her daughter was being held by the Israeli Defence Force.

Sandra Law said social networking sites had carried the news that Alex Harrison, 32, from Islington, had been arrested. Mrs Law, from Croydon, said: "They know the risks, they are peace activists, they are non-violent and they have signed a clause agreeing that.

"I have heard through Twitter she has probably been taken to Haifa and is in prison. She is uninjured and safe and well."

The Foreign Office said as many as 40 British nationals were taking part in the aid flotilla attacked by Israelis as it headed to Gaza.

Information from relatives and campaign groups give some of their names as:

Nicola Enchmarch, from Wimbledon
Nader Daher, from Hendon
Alexandra Lort-Phillips, 38, from Hackney
Sarah Colbourne, from Hackney
Kevin Ovenden, from Newham
Ashan Shamrak, from north London
Hassan Ghani, from north London
Nur Choudhary, from Tower Hamlets
Baboo Zanghar, from Bolton
Gehad Sukkur, 39, from Altrincham, Cheshire
Denis Healey, 55, originally from Portsmouth, now living in Cyprus
Parveen Yaqub, 39, from Honley, West Yorkshire
Sidique Hajee, from Bradford
Mohammed Bhaiyat, from Bradford
Peter Venner, from the Isle of Wight
Tauqir Sharif, from Chingford, Essex
Cliff Hanley, from Bristol
Sakir Yildirim, from Bristol
Ismail Patel, from Oadby, Leicester

Also believed to be among the passengers are Alex Harrison and Ibrahim Musaji. No addresses for them have been given.