Israel Holds Two Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists for Questioning
Organizers said Israeli forces boarded 22 boats and detained up to 175 people as the convoy tried to break the Gaza blockade.
- Late Wednesday, Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Greece's Peloponnese peninsula, seizing 55 vessels bound for Gaza. Organizers called the move 'piracy,' while Israel maintained its actions were lawful to prevent a blockade breach.
- Departing Barcelona on April 12, the flotilla aimed to challenge the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, marking the second such mobilization following a failed attempt last October involving about 40 boats.
- Organizers report Israel 'kidnapped' 211 of the 400 activists, while claiming up to 180 were taken into custody; Israel's Foreign Ministry dismissed participants as 'professional provocateurs' requiring established aid channels.
- Demanding immediate release of detained nationals, Italy and Spain condemned the seizures as violations of international law; Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed coordination with Greek authorities on transfers.
- Israel's UN envoy Danny Dannon called activists 'delusional attention-seeking agitators,' while The Board of Peace, organized by Donald Trump, criticized the mission as 'performative love-boat activism' ignoring Gaza's humanitarian crisis.
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that two activists who participated in the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza have been transported to Israel for questioning. Israel intercepted them in international waters near Crete on Thursday night and detained them.
2 prominent activists on aid flotilla detained | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BARCELONA, Spain -- Israeli authorities said Friday they were taking two high-profile activists who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and who were captured by Israel in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, to Israel for questioning. The governments of Spain and Brazil accused Israel of "kidnapping" its citizens.
Nearly 30 Spanish participants in the flotilla detained by the Israeli Army have landed on the Greek island of Crete, but Saif Abukeshek would have been illegally detained by IsraelIsrael confirms that all the activists arrested, minus two, are already in Greece The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has demanded this Friday from the Israeli Government the release of the citizen of Spanish nationality Saif Abukeshek, a member of the flo…
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