Israel said Thursday it had deported all foreign activists seized from the Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition, with about 420 to 422 people flown to Istanbul after Israeli forces intercepted Gaza-bound vessels at sea earlier in the week and detained more than 430 people. The activists sought to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid; Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein called the mission a “PR flotilla” and said Israel would n...

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