He Israeli Foreign Ministry reported this Thursday that all foreign activists of the Sumud Global Fleet They have already been deported from their territory.
In a brief message in X, Foreign Affairs adds that “Israel will not allow any violation of the legal naval blockade on Gaza.”
Most of the around 430 activists detained by Israel in international waters while sailing to Gaza – all of them foreigners except one Israeli woman – left Israel on three planes chartered by Turkey from Ramon airport, in the extreme south of Israeli territory.
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The first of the planes took off around 3:00 p.m. local time (12:00 GMT), sources close to the participants informed EFE.
Two of them, from South Korea, were deported directly without going through prison, one of Israeli nationality was taken this Thursday to appear before a judge who released her and, according to her legal team, there are some who would leave by land as they are from neighboring countries such as Jordan or Egypt.
Among the activists there are nationals of about 40 countries, including 44 Spaniards and 74 Turks. According to the Turkish radio station NTV, the Turkish Airlines company will take them to Istanbul in three planes.
Screenshot from video released by Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, showing Gaza Flotilla activists detained in the port of Ashdod. (Video capture).
Numerous European countries have summoned Israeli ambassadors to their territories to protest the humiliating treatment of the activists of the Smud Global Flotilla by Tel Aviv, shown in a video by the country’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir.
That minister visited the port of Ashdod where the nearly 430 activists were found when they were handcuffed, crowded and kneeling face to the ground to celebrate by broadcasting a video in which he appears smiling and brandishing the Israeli flag, welcoming the activists and mocking them.
