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The Freedom Flotilla’s Handala vessel has been brought to the port of Ashdod by Israeli forces, a day after they seized the boat in international waters and detained the crew.

The Israeli legal rights centre Adalah told the AFP news agency that its lawyers were in Ashdod, trying to speak with the detained 21-member crew, which includes two French parliamentarians and two Al Jazeera journalists.