Israel's far-right national security minister posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground, sparking international condemnation.The video, shared on X by firebrand minister Itamar Ben Gvir, was published after Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla's vessels at sea and began detaining hundreds of foreign activists at the southern port of Ashdod.
Israeli minister sparks outcry over video of bound flotilla activists
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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