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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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France asks prosecutors to investigate Israel's treatment of Gaza flotilla activists

APTOPIX Turkey Gaza Flotilla - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

France's government said Friday that it's asking prosecutors to investigate Israel's alleged violent mistreatment of activists from a flotilla to Gaza, potentially opening a route for criminal proceedings.

France had already announced an indefinite ban from French territory of Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, for what it called his “unspeakable” behavior toward flotilla activists while they were in Israeli detention, after they attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

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