Tel Aviv has started deporting foreign activists that were detained during the Israeli navy's deadly attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla aid convoy.
Of all 682 peace activists onboard Freedom Flotilla, about 325 foreign activists were transferred on Wednesday from the Ela detention center in Be'er Sheva to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv for flights to their homelands, Ha'aretz reported.
However, 186 human rights activists are still in Israeli detention in Be'er Sheva.
On Monday, Israel attacked the convoy of ships carrying 10,000 tons of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 activists and wounding 50 others.
Meanwhile, Israel's attorney general Yehuda Weinstein said that all of the nearly 700 activists detained will be deported by the end of Wednesday, AFP reported.
Among the deported were 30 Jordanian nationals who returned to their home country on Wednesday, said a government spokesman, Nabil Al-Sharif.
Ninety-four other activists from 12 Muslim nations including Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria, Algeria, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, Malaysia and Morocco were also deported to Jordan.
A Turkish Airline plane also landed at Ben Gurion Airport to transfer detained Turkish activists back to their country.
The activists from Asia, Europe, North America and Africa onboard Freedom Flotilla aid convoy en route to the besieged Gaza Strip were savagely beaten and shot at by Israeli forces.
According to Israeli Interior Ministry the following is the breakdown of number of activists who have been repatriated so far:
Three activists from Australia; 2 from Azerbaijan; 6 from Italy; 12 form Indonesia; 9 from Ireland; 28 from Algeria; 11 from the United States; 2 from Bulgaria; 1 from Bosnia; 4 from Bahrain; 5 from Belgium; 11 form Germany; 1 from South Africa; 2 form the Netherlands; 31 from the United Kingdom; 38 form Greece; 30 from Jordan; 15 form Kuwait; 3 form Lebanon; 3 from Mauritania; 11 from Malaysia; 3 from Egypt; 3 from Macedonia; 7 form Morocco; 3 form Norway; 1 form New Zealand; 3 form Syria; 1 form Serbia; 1 form Oman; 3 from Pakistan; 4 form Czech Republic; 9 from France; 1 form Kosovo; 1 form Canada; 11 form Sweden; 380 form Turkey and 4 activists from Yemen.
[Source: Press TV]
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