The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail last month, ferrying politicians and activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg towards Gaza, where the United Nations says famine is taking hold.
Israel’s foreign ministry said Friday that it deported four Italian activists who were on board the flotilla, adding that “the rest are in the process of being deported”.
Authorities earlier said that none of the vessels had breached its maritime blockade of the territory.
They added that Israeli naval forces had “illegally intercepted all 42 of our vessels -- each carrying humanitarian aid, volunteers, and the determination to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza”.
“Arresting journalists and preventing them from doing their work is a serious violation of the right to inform and be informed,“ said Martin Roux, head of RSF’s crisis desk.
The interception of the final boat came as a general strike was held across Italy in solidarity, disrupting trains and port traffic.
Israel has branded some of the activists, including Thunberg, as antisemitic, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the navy's interception efforts.
“Their important action prevented dozens of vessels from entering the war zone and repelled a campaign of delegitimisation against Israel.”
The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel's retaliatory military campaign since then has killed 66,225 Palestinians in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, which the United Nations considers reliable - AFP
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