A few of the activists and reporters apprehended together with Greta Thunberg were set to be deported to their home nations, Israel’s foreign ministry stated.
They were “anticipated to leave within the next couple of hours”, the ministry stated, without clarifying if Ms Thunberg was amongst the volunteers being returned.
The Madleen boat was pulled to the Ashdod port after Israeli forces obstructed the Gaza-bound vessel off the coast of Egypt.
The UK-flagged boat, which was bring a symbolic quantity of help and meant to break Israel’s marine blockade around Gaza, in location given that 2007, was obstructed in the early hours of Monday early morning.
” Those who decline to sign deportation files and leave Israel will be brought before a judicial authority, in accordance with Israeli law, to license their deportation. Consuls from the guests’ home nations satisfied them at the airport,” the ministry stated in a declaration on X.
The Liberty Flotilla Union, which arranged the trip, earlier stated the volunteers were “abducted by Israeli forces” while attempting to provide frantically required help to the besieged Palestinian area.
On the other hand, Israel continued its attack on Gaza, eliminating 3 medical services personnel and a reporter in strikes on the Tuffah area in Gaza City, regional media reported on Monday.
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