00:01Israel began deporting hundreds of activists on Thursday after they were captured in international waters near Cyprus and detained in
00:09Israel.
00:10The activists were part of the global Sumud flotilla that had set sail to attempt to breach Israel's naval blockade
00:16of Gaza.
00:17Italians that were part of the flotilla described details of mistreatment and violence as they arrived in Rome.
00:23When they brought us on the prison船, I was shot from the beginning.
00:29So, when I came out of this entry container, I found the others,
00:37also people who had been caught a lot more than me.
00:40There were people who did not stand up.
00:42To go to the bathroom, there were chemical baths, and they had to accompany them in two.
00:48Even as the activists were released, international condemnation continued to pour in after a video shared by Israeli national security
00:56minister, Itamar Ben-Gavir,
00:58showed him taunting the detained activists who were handcuffed and kneeling.
01:02Insisto, ese tratamiento es monstruoso, es indigno, es un inhumano.
01:08Exijo disculpas públicas a Israel.
01:12He convocado urgentemente al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores a la encargada de negocios de Israel
01:18para trasladarle todo nuestro rechazo, toda nuestra repulsa y toda nuestra repugnancia
01:24por ese trato absolutamente abominable e inaceptable.
01:31Italy, Ireland and Spain have called on the EU to sanction Ben-Gavir over the video showing the alleged mistreatment
01:37of the activists,
01:38many of whom are European citizens.
01:42Italy, Ireland and Spain have been able to reimburse them for their lives.
01:44Germany, Ireland and Spain have Venezuela, the nation's foreign themselves,
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