ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Thursday said it was sending charter flights to Israel to repatriate hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists, after Israeli forces detained them in scenes that sparked international condemnation. “We plan to bring our citizens and participants from third countries to Turkiye via special charter flights we will organize today,” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in a statement.

More than 50 vessels departed from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, last week in what the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla described as the final leg of their planned journey…

DUBAI: Israel’s navy intercepted an activist flotilla in international waters off Cyprus on Monday, halting the latest attempt to challenge a naval blockade of Gaza. More than 50…