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  "textContent": "Footage from a livestream shows one of the activists with injuries to his back, including purple bruising and cuts\n\nThe first images of wounds suffered by Gaza flotilla protesters while in Israeli detention have been revealed.\n\nOne activist is seen with cuts and bruises on his back as he walks topless through Istanbul airport. He flashes a peace sign as he walks through security.\n\nAll 50 boats from the GlobalSamud Flotilla sailing to deliver aid to Gaza were detained by Israeli forces on Monday.\n\nSome 428 participants were detained across 40 different countries, and held in detention until their deportation today.\n\nIt comes after video, released earlier by Israel, showed protesters handcuffed behind their backs and left to kneel face down on the floor in rows.\n\nIsrael’s national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir can be seen smirking, taunting and telling detained activists they should be imprisoned for a very long time.\n\nActivists hug each other upon arrival at Istanbul Airport(Picture: Burak Kara/Getty Images)\n\nFlotilla participants are arriving at Istanbul airport.\n\n\nOne handcuffed Irish woman named by activists as Caitriona Graham shouts ‘Free Palestine’ at Ben Gvir but is taken down quickly with her head forced to the floor as the minister is ushered away smiling.\n\nAfter diplomatic intervention led to her being freed she was filmed saying ‘Free Palestine’ again as she hugged another activist.\n\nIsraeli minister Ben Gvir is under fire for ‘inhumane’ treatment of Gaza flotilla detainees\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nActivitsts reunite with their families (Picture: Burak Kara/Getty Images)\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said although Israel has every right to stop ‘provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters,’ the way that Ben Gvir dealt with the flotilla activists ‘is not in line with Israel’s values and norms.’\n\nA spokesperson for the flotilla said there is no legal basis for the arrest of participants trying to deliver aid.\n\nThe Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland said officials ‘are actively monitoring the situation regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla’ and are engaging with the relevant authorities.\n\nMeanwhile, the Israeli Foreign Ministry, on X, described the flotilla as a ‘provocation and a search for publicity’ and claimed there was no aid on board.\n\nIt added: ‘The purpose of this provocation is to serve Hamas, to divert attention from Hamas’s refusal to disarm, and to obstruct progress on President Trump’s peace plan.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Gaza flotilla activists reveal wounds suffered in Israeli detention"
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