Israel Expels Flotilla Activists, New Boat Sets Sail
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Israel expelled pro-Palestinian activists arrested on a Gaza Strip-bound aid flotilla as a seventh ship sailed for the Hamas-controlled territory to try and breach the Israeli blockade.
One hundred and twenty four of the activists aboard the ships were expelled to Jordan and 404 are at Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv awaiting flights, Interior Ministry official Sabine Haddad said in a phone interview. Another 102 are on their way to the airport and all of the activists will have been deported by tonight, Haddad said.