ISRAEL DEPORTS 9 SWISS FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS; DETAINEES ALLEGE 'INHUMANE' JAIL CONDITIONS
Nine Swiss members of a Gaza aid flotilla were deported by Israel and arrived back in Geneva, while ten others remain in custody. The activists allege sleep deprivation, lack of food and water, physical abuse, and confinement at Ktzi'ot prison; Israel denies mistreatment and says legal rights were upheld. The Swiss embassy conducted consular visits, and the flotilla operation is part of wider mass detentions and removals of international activists intercepted at sea.
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