Footage of Israeli forces abusing Gaza flotilla activists arrested on international waters has triggered a diplomatic crisis.
The footage was shared on X by Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who taunted the activists in both the video and the caption accompanying the post.
The footage showed the activists — men and women — kneeling in rows, foreheads to the ground, and their hands tied behind their backs.
In the footage, Mr Ben-Gvir could be seen waving an Israeli flag and mocking the detainees. He screamed, “The people of Israel live,” in the face of one bound man who was being dragged to join the group already on their knees.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that a Gaza-bound flotilla of more than 50 boats carrying aid for Palestinians in war-torn Gaza was intercepted between Monday and Tuesday in international waters near Cyprus. Israeli forces detained hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists aboard these boats —the latest of such incidents.
