The pictures went around the world: dozens of civilians tied up, their hands on their backs, their foreheads on the ground, while Israel's security minister Itamar Ben Gvir crossed them with a flag and shouted in Hebrew: "We are the gentlemen here." Global Sumud Flotilla had left Turkey on May 14 with over fifty ships and 428 activists to break through the Israeli sea blockade of Gaza and provide aid and food to the coastal strip.
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The pictures went around the world: dozens of civilians tied up, their hands on their backs, their foreheads on the ground, while Israel's security minister Itamar Ben Gvir crossed them with a flag and shouted in Hebrew: "We are the gentlemen here." Global Sumud Flotilla had left Turkey on May 14 with over fifty ships and 428 activists to break through the Israeli sea blockade of Gaza and provide aid and food to the coastal strip.