Italy appeals for release of hunger-striking Flotilla activists in Libya

By Mirko MiorelliROME, June 5 (Reuters) - Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been refusing food and water for four days.Israeli forces arrested 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters in May, to halt a flotilla of "Global Sumud Flotilla" volunteers trying to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. The people held in Libya are part of a separate group of Flotilla activists who tried to reach the Palestinian enclaveby land.