Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza flotilla

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Al-Monitor

Israel deported two foreign activists on Sunday seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, with a rights group representing them describing their seizure and detention as a punitive attack on a civilian mission.Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among dozens of activists aboard a flotilla intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters off the coast of Greece on April 30.The pair were seized and brought to Israel for questioning, while the rest were taken to the Greek island of Crete and released.