Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen gives a speech in Brussels, Belgium on December 3, 2025. [Dursun Aydemir – Anadolu Agency]
Denmark on Thursday voiced concern over the treatment of detainees intercepted during a Gaza flotilla mission, after footage shared by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir appeared to show activists zip-tied and forced to kneel following their detention by Israeli forces in international waters, Anadolu reports.
“Deeply concerned about the Israeli security minister Ben-Gvir’s unacceptable treatment of detainees from the Gaza flotilla. It is absolutely crucial that detainees are treated with respect, and that their rights are upheld, which Denmark has also made clear to Israel,” Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen wrote on the US social media company X.
The Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla said Tuesday that all 50 vessels in its convoy had been seized by Israel following attacks in international waters.
The flotilla, carrying 428 people from 44 countries, departed last Thursday from the Turkish district of Marmaris in a new attempt to break the illegal Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2007.
