By Rami AyyubJERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel's far-right police minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said. The activists were arrested at a port in southern Israel after the Israeli navy intercepted their protest flotilla in international waters. Their treatment by police officers under Itamar Ben-Gvir's direction drew an international outcry and a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gaza flotilla activists to be deported after taunting by Israeli minister
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Mon 08:10 - La Repubblica (IT)
Israel attacks the Flotilla again. Contact with 23 boats lost, two of the Italians boarded
Mon 15:17 - ANSA Mondo
There are 9 Italians involved in the IDF operation against the Flotilla
Mon 18:06 - ANSA Main
Israel returns to block the Flotilla, Italians among those arrested
Mon 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
In broad daylight, in international waters, aiming their rifles: this is how the IDF stopped the Flotilla
Mon 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Flotilla, from ecologists to lawyers: the varied galaxy of captured activists
Tue 08:08 - ANSA Main
Media Israel: 'Negotiations underway to transfer Flotilla activists to foreign ships'
Tue 16:37 - ANSA Main
Global Flotilla, 'stop all boats, 29 Italians detained by Israel'
Tue 19:41 - ANSA Main
Israel fires on the Flotilla: 29 Italians among the activists brought to Ashdod
Tue 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Israel fires on Flotilla in international waters. Among those arrested were 29 Italians
Tue 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Carotenuto, M5S: “We pushed from the squares, as a deputy on board the Flotilla against the genocide”
Wed 08:29 - La Repubblica (IT)
Flotilla, the 428 intercepted activists have arrived in Ashdod: 87 are on hunger strike
Wed 08:43 - ANSA Mondo
Flotilla, '87 activists stopped by Israel are on hunger strike'
Wed 08:43 - ANSA Top News
Flotilla activists begin to arrive in Ashdod on IDF ships
Wed 08:43 - ANSA Mondo
Flotilla activists begin to arrive in Ashdod on IDF ships
Wed 10:38 - ANSA Main
'87 Flotilla activists stopped by Israel are on hunger strike'
Wed 11:29 - Middle East Eye
Itamar Ben Gvir posts video showing Gaza flotilla activists being humiliated
Wed 11:47 - ANSA Mondo
Flotilla activists blindfolded and on their knees, Ben Gvir mocks them
Wed 13:02 - Al Jazeera English
US imposes sanctions on Gaza flotilla organisers: Why it matters
Wed 13:05 - ANSA Main
Flotilla activists blindfolded and on their knees, Ben Gvir mocks them
Wed 13:44 - Al Jazeera English
Israel’s Ben-Gvir publishes video taunting detained flotilla activists
Wed 14:09 - Middle East Eye
Hamas condemns Ben Gvir footage of flotilla activists
Wed 14:12 - Euronews
European governments slam Israel's treatment of flotilla activists as 'unacceptable'
Wed 14:32 - Middle East Eye
France, Italy summon Israeli ambassadors over abuse of flotilla activists
Wed 14:45 - Middle East Eye
Netanyahu: Ben Gvir treatment of flotilla activists 'not in line with Israel's values and norms'
Wed 15:06 - France 24
Far-right Israeli minister sparks outcry with video of bound and kneeling Gaza flotilla activists
Wed 16:02 - BBC Headlines
Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists
Wed 16:30 - Al-Monitor
Israeli minister sparks outcry over video of bound flotilla activists
Wed 18:52 - DW All
Israel's treatment of aid flotilla activists sparks global outrage
Wed 18:52 - DW Top
Israel's treatment of aid flotilla activists sparks global outrage
Wed 19:05 - Financial Times
Ben-Gvir condemned in Israel after video of European activists provokes outrage
Wed 20:01 - Al-Monitor
EU Commission finds treatment of Gaza flotilla activists unacceptable
Wed 20:56 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Politik
Israel: Right-wing police minister posts humiliation of Gaza activists
Wed 22:20 - Al Jazeera English
US condemns Israel’s Ben-Gvir while sanctioning Gaza flotilla organisers
Thu 03:05 - Middle East Eye
US senators condemn Israel's 'inhumane' and 'abhorrent' abuse of flotilla activists
Thu 03:10 - Middle East Eye
South Korean nationals detained in Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla released
Thu 05:01 - Al-Monitor
EU's Costa 'appalled' by Israeli minister's treatment of flotilla members
Thu 07:05 - Euronews
Netanyahu speaks out after video shows minister taunting activists
Thu 07:08 - Euronews
Israeli security minister Ben Gvir releases footage of detained flotilla activists
Thu 09:36 - Al-Monitor
Gaza flotilla activists to be deported after taunting by Israeli minister
Thu 10:00 - Al-Monitor
Gaza flotilla activists await deportation from Israel
Thu 10:01 - Al-Monitor
Global outrage mounts after Israeli minister taunts Gaza flotilla activists