TEL AVIV — Israel's foreign ministry said six people detained aboard a boat while trying to breach Israel's blockade of war-ravaged Gaza were put on a plane for deportation on Thursday.
"Six more passengers from the 'selfie yacht,' including Rima Hassan, are on their way out of Israel. Bye-bye — and don't forget to take a selfie before you leave," the ministry wrote on X.
The post was accompanied by photos of Hassan, a member of European Parliament for the hard-left France Unbowed party who is of Palestinian descent, and other deportees.
Adalah, the rights group that legally represented some of the detainees, told AFP the six detainees — two French citizens and nationals of Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey — had departed Israel.
Twelve people were on board the Madleen sailing boat when it was intercepted by Israeli forces in the eastern Mediterranean about 185 kilometres (115 miles) west of Gaza on Monday.
Four, including two French citizens and Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, agreed to be deported immediately.
Another two French nationals remain in Israeli custody awaiting deportation on Friday, Adalah said.
"While in custody, volunteers were subjected to mistreatment, punitive measures and aggressive treatment, and two volunteers were held for some period of time in solitary confinement," it added. All 12 people on board the Madleen have been banned from Israel for 100 years.
Israel has faced mounting pressure to allow more aid into Gaza, where the United Nations has warned that the whole population of more than two million is at risk of famine.
TEL AVIV — Israel's foreign ministry said six people detained aboard a boat while trying to breach Israel's blockade of war-ravaged Gaza were put on a plane for deportation on Thursday.
"Six more passengers from the 'selfie yacht,' including Rima Hassan, are on their way out of Israel. Bye-bye — and don't forget to take a selfie before you leave," the ministry wrote on X.
The post was accompanied by photos of Hassan, a member of European Parliament for the hard-left France Unbowed party who is of Palestinian descent, and other deportees.
Adalah, the rights group that legally represented some of the detainees, told AFP the six detainees — two French citizens and nationals of Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey — had departed Israel.
Twelve people were on...