Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityProsecutors in Rome are investigating allegations including kidnapping, torture and sexual assault; Ben-Gvir, who filmed himself taunting the activists, dismissed the probe as the work of 'lying terror supporters'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeReutersand Haaretz09:51 PM • June 08 2026 IDTItalian prosecutors have placed Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who took part in last month's Gaza flotilla, a judicial source said Monday.Loading...CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIran spiesNetanyahuTrumpLebanonEspionageHaQuizHaaretz PodcastItaly Investigates Israel's Ben-Gvir Over Arrests of Gaza Flotilla ActivistsGOP Lawmaker Marks Anniversary of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty in CongressThird War or Just Another Rodeo? How Israel and Iran Ended Up Here AgainIran Can Count on Israel to Maintain Its 'Unity of Arenas' Strategy in LebanonWhen Iran Attacks Israel, Palestinians in Gaza Are the First to Pay the PriceRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza