Irish activists are facing into another day of detention by Israel, while world leaders continue to condemn a video showing their treatment.

 

 

The clip, posed by Israeli senior minister Ben Gvir shows him taunting people at Israel's Ashdod port, with an Irish citizen forcibly pushed to the ground by soldiers.

 

 

14 Irish people, including President Catherine Connolly's sister, have been detained after the flotilla they were travelling on to Gaza was intercepted.

 

 

Taoiseach Micheal Martin is describing the scenes as 'appalling' and has written to the European Council on the situation.

 

 

Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times, Mark Weiss says other Israeli figures are pushing back on what happened:

Irish activists are facing into another day of detention by Israel, while world leaders continue to condemn a video showing their treatment.
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The clip, posed by Israeli senior minister Ben Gvir shows him taunting people at Israel's Ashdod port, with an Irish citizen forcibly pushed to the ground by soldiers.
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14 Irish people, including President Catherine Connolly's sister, have been detained after the flotilla they were travelling on to Gaza was intercepted.
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Taoiseach Micheal Martin is describing the scenes as 'appalling' and has written to the European Council on the situation.
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Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times, Mark Weiss says other Israeli figures are pushing back on what happened:

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