By Rami AyyubJERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel's far-right police minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said. The activists were arrested at a port in southern Israel after the Israeli navy intercepted their protest flotilla in international waters. Their treatment by police officers under Itamar Ben-Gvir's direction drew an international outcry and a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has released videos taunting activists detained from a flotilla challenging the Gaza blockade.

Activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces are being held at an Israeli port before being transferred to prison,...