Protesters in Spain condemn police handling of Gaza flotilla activists
Images showed police striking people with batons and pinning others to the ground while being jeered by onlookers
May 24, 2026 15:24
MADRID: Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police’s treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.
When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday, a police officer forcefully prevented him from doing so, leading to scuffles between both sides, images from state broadcaster TVE showed.
