Canada to protest to Israel about treatment of Gaza flotilla members

It's a matter ​of humane treatment of civilians, and ⁠I can assure you that we ⁠are ​acting with absolute urgency." The activists were aboard a flotilla that ⁠was intercepted by Israeli forces in international ⁠waters ⁠on Tuesday and later taken to an Israeli port.

​Canada will ​summon the Israeli ‌ambassador to ​protest after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ‌shared a video taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said ‌on Wednesday.

"What we've seen, including the ‌video shared by Itamar Ben-Gvir, is deeply troubling and absolutely unacceptable," she told ⁠reporters ​on a ⁠conference call. "This is a matter we ⁠take very, very seriously. It's a matter ​of humane treatment of civilians, and ⁠I can assure you that we ⁠are ​acting with absolute urgency."

The activists were aboard a flotilla that ⁠was intercepted by Israeli forces in international ⁠waters ⁠on Tuesday and later taken to an Israeli port.