Overview

• Three Newfoundlanders detained after the flotilla interception have been freed and reached Jordan, with family saying the earliest return home could be early Tuesday.
• Indigenous rights activist Mskwaasin Agnew has arrived in Toronto after being deported to Istanbul with about 100 other flotilla participants.
• The Israeli Foreign Ministry reports that 145 activists were brought ashore for processing and deportation following this week’s operation.
• Activists and relatives allege rough treatment and denial of medication during detention, claims the Israeli Foreign Ministry has denied.
• The flotilla’s organizers say their goal was to challenge Israel’s naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid as international agencies have declared a famine in Gaza.