Activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, who Israel illegally detained after attacks on their vessels in international waters, are being flown to Türkiye on Turkish Airlines flights on Thursday.
The activists were transferred from Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert to Ramon Airport in southern Israel, where deportation procedures were completed, sources told Anadolu.
More than 420 activists, including 78 Turkish nationals, were then boarded onto three separate Turkish Airlines aircraft at Ramon Airport.
The first plane carrying activists departed for Istanbul following procedures coordinated by Türkiye’s foreign ministry, while the remaining flights are also expected to arrive in the Turkish city later on Thursday.
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