The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy said that the Israeli government intends to repay all flotilla crew members “through a single measure of forced expulsion.”
The legal team that supports the said this Friday, that the 473 crew members of the vessels arrested by Israeli naval forces were transferred to a prison in the Negev desert in southern Israel.
Loubna Yuma, Adalah’s lawyer, Flotilha’s legal team, told EFE news agency that the activists were taken to the arrest of Saharonimof where they will probably deported to countries of origin.
However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy said that the Israeli government intends to repact all the flotilla crew members “through a single measure of forced expulsion.”
Antonio Tajani explained that the activists should be deported “aboard two chartered flights, on Monday, October 6, and Tuesday, October 7, in two different European capitals”, which should be London and Madrid.
Sources of Italian diplomacy confirmed that a total of 46 Italians – including four deputies and three journalists – were arrested among the flotilla activists, and that they were “well”.
Os Four deputies have already been transferred to Telavive Airport and will embark on a regular flight to Romesaid the ministry.
Tajani explained that as soon as the identification procedures were completed, the other activists would be transferred from the bus to the Ketziot Detention Center in southern Israel, near the city of Bersheva, where they would receive consular visits this Friday.
More than 400 pro-Palestinian militants aboard 41 ships from a Gaza Strip aid Flotilla were arrested by Israelite Naval Forces, an Israeli official said on Thursday.
“During an operation, which lasted about 12 hours, the Israeli Navy staff was able to prevent a large -scale raid attempt by hundreds of people aboard 41 ships who had declared their intention to violate the legal maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip,” the same said.
Among the detainees are Four Portuguese: Leader of the Left Block, Mariana Mortágua, actress Sofia Aparício and activists Miguel Duarte and Diogo Chaves.
