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flotilla activist abuse video** Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of [Israeli security forces abusing international activists](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video) who were detained
abuse of flotilla detainees causes outcry Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has a track record of taunting blindfolded detainees. In the past, he has been accompanied by camera crews as he [toured
abuse and humiliation" of the activists, saying they show Israel's "moral decadence and sadism." ### Israel intercepts all remaining flotilla boats Israeli forces on Tuesday boarded the last of the flotilla boats that tried
Gaza](https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza) with aid supplies. The next day Ben-Gvir posted a video of security forces abusing detainees. It also included footage of him waving an Israeli flag and taunting rows of activists
forces had intercepted the flotilla’s vessels in international waters off the coast of Cyprus, illegally abducting 430 participants. Among them, at least 87 have launched a hunger strike in solidarity with the more than
forced starvation](/news/2024/8/9/everything-is-legitimate-israeli-leaders-defend-soldiers-accused-of-rape) of others. At the same time as threatening to [collapse the ruling coalition](/video/newsfeed/2025/1/14/ben-gvir-says-ceasefire-plan-is-a-surrender-to-hamas) at the first sign that the genocide in Gaza might be scaled back, Ben-Gvir has also
Gaza". The ministry also said that all the activists had been transferred to Israeli vessels and that they would be allowed to meet their consular representatives after arriving in Israel. On Wednesday morning, Israeli rights
Gaza flotilla activists who were arrested by Israeli police forces. “As of today, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from entering French territory. This decision follows his unspeakable actions towards French and European citizens who were
Gaza as part of the [Global Sumud Flotilla,](/news/2026/4/29/israeli-military-speedboats-block-gaza-bound-aid-ship) which was [intercepted by Israeli forces](/news/2026/4/30/act-of-piracy-world-reacts-to-israeli-interception-of-gaza-aid-flotilla) in international waters off Greece on Thursday. Organisers said on Friday that 168 members were taken to Crete while
forces from international waters on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister [Itamar Ben-Gvir](/news/2023/8/27/who-is-israels-far-right-pro-settler-security-minister-ben-gvir) posted a video of himself taunting the activists at a makeshift holding pen in Israel
forces in international waters off the coast of Greece. While the other 168 members of the flotilla were taken to Crete and then released, the two were taken to Israel and detained for further questioning
abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centres during Israel’s war in Gaza, prompted by the Hamas-led attacks on 7 October 2023. But the humiliating treatment of the [Gaza](https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza)
forces and Hamas-led militants in the Palestinian enclave. But despite the ceasefire, Israeli attacks have killed more than 790 people, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government
forces intercepted the boats travelling with the Global Sumud Flotilla from Barcelona in Spain, using drones, communications jamming technology, and armed raiding parties to halt the humanitarian fleet in the middle of the Mediterranean