ROME: Italy confirmed Wednesday the release of three nationals held in Libya after joining a humanitarian mission to Gaza, and whose detention organizers slammed as “illegal.”
The trio were among 230 activists from around the world taking part in a land convoy transporting medicine, mobile homes and other supplies to the war-torn territory, the Global Sumud Flotilla said.
Israel’s treatment of activists trying to breach its blockade of Gaza has drawn international condemnation.
Global Sumud Flotilla said the trio had arrived in Tunisia along with a Tunisian man who had also been detained.
Another six activists “are expected to be released over the next 24 hours” after 30 days of “illegal detention,” it wrote on X.
