Turkiye sends flights to Israel to get flotilla activists

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Foreign ministry sources said "three flights" with a capacity for "more than 400 passengers" were being sent to Ramon airport ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Thursday said it was sending charter flights to Israel to repatriate hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists, after Israeli forces detained them in scenes that sparked international condemnation.
49% : The Hamas-run Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since 2007, with all entry points controlled by Israel.
44% : This latest flotilla was the third bid in a year aimed at breaking the blockade on Gaza, which has suffered severe shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023.
41% : Around 50 vessels set sail from Turkiye on May 14 seeking to break Israel's blockade of the besieged Palestinian territory and were joined at sea by a handful of others.
29% : They were taken to Israel where footage posted by the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showed them being forced to kneel, their hands tied behind their backs, foreheads on the ground.

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