Israeli authorities are currently deporting 37 French nationals who were part of the group of activists on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Turkey, France’s Foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in a weekly news briefing, Pascal Confavreux said a senior Israeli diplomat had been summoned by the ministry earlier on Thursday to express Paris‘s anger in response to a video released by Israel‘s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in which the minister is seen taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists.
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Confavreux added that it was too early for now to talk about imposing sanctions on Ben-Gvir after an earlier call by Italy‘s foreign minister to do so.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)