Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla kneeling with hands tied and foreheads on the ground. The action drew immediate international condemnation from European Union leaders, the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, with several governments demanding the activists' release and Ben-Gvir's removal from office. Even Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar publicly criticized Ben-Gvir's conduct.