Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir released a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla in degrading conditions—kneeling with hands bound—prompting fierce diplomatic protests from Italy, France, Spain, and Ireland, which summoned the Israeli ambassador. Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized Ben Gvir's handling and ordered the activists' deportation, while Israeli human rights groups condemned the treatment as abusive humiliation of civilians intercepted in international waters.