Seven Australian activists released from Israel and deported to Jordan

Seven Australians who were detained for days successful Israel aft being intercepted aboard a monolithic assistance flotilla to Gaza person been released and deported to Jordan.

A spokesperson for Foreign Minister Penny Wong welcomed their merchandise and an Australian spokesperson for nan flotilla said they had touched down successful Jordan connected Tuesday night.

"The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade continues to supply consular assistance to Australians who were detained successful Israel," nan minister's spokesperson said.

"We are pleased they person been released from detention."

In caller days, Israel's Foreign Ministry announced a dependable watercourse of deportations of citizens of various countries, including sharing photos of salient young ambiance activistic Greta Thunberg, labelling nan activists "provocateurs" and describing nan assistance transportation effort arsenic a "PR stunt".

But connected Tuesday nighttime it was yet to mention thing astir nan Australians named by flotilla organisers arsenic Surya McEwen, filmmaker Juliet Lamont, contented creator Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Bianca Webb-Pullman, Cameron Tribe and 1 much unidentified person.

It's understood nan Australians' merchandise followed representations from Canberra to Israeli authorities.

But Global Movement to Gaza Australia spokesperson Talitha Mitchell criticised a deficiency of nationalist condemnation from Wong aliases Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

"I deliberation that it's really important to statement that done this full ordeal, Minister Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not made immoderate nationalist address," she told 9news.com.au.

"They person not condemned Israel's crimes and truthful galore breaches of world law, humanitarian law, maritime law, person occurred here, sedate quality authorities abuses and that nary of nan families were contacted."

About 450 activists connected committee 50 boats were captured by nan Israeli navy successful world waters astir 70 kilometres retired from Gaza connected October 2.

Supporters of nan Australians connected Monday added their voices to claims prisoners had been abused while successful Israeli custody.

The Global Movement To Gaza claimed that nan Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told them McEwen had reported beingness assault, having his caput struck against a actual surface, limb dislocated and intimidation and verbal abuse.

"The Australian authorities must do everything successful their powerfulness to bring him and each 7 Australians location immediately," his mother, Jacinta McEwen, said.

"He's being tortured for trying to provender starving people."

DFAT said it could not remark connected nan claims, citing "privacy obligations".

"The Australian authorities has made clear to Israel our anticipation that detainees will person humane curen successful statement pinch world norms," a section spokesperson added.

Israeli authorities rejected mistreatment accusations that had emerged successful interviews pinch activists who were deported to Turkey, Spain and Italy astatine nan weekend.

Israel's authorities besides vehemently denied claims its violative successful Gaza amounts to genocide, contempt a increasing number of experts denouncing it arsenic such.

Thunberg was among dozens of deportees to onshore successful Athens, Greece, connected Monday.

Crowds of supporters gathered astatine nan Eleftherios Venizelos world airdrome and chanted "Free free Palestine!" arsenic activists disembarked 1 by one.

"That this ngo has to exist, it's a shame! It is simply a shame!" Thunberg told journalists and protesters soon upon arriving.

"I could talk for a very, very agelong clip astir our mistreatment and abuses successful our imprisonment, spot me, but that is not nan story."

Instead, Thunberg urged world leaders and mean citizens astir nan world to extremity their "complicity" pinch nan "genocide" being carried retired against Palestinians successful Gaza.

"This action was challenging our highly convulsive business arsenic usual," Thunberg said. 

"We cannot return our eyes distant from Gaza."

Israel's violative successful Gaza has killed much than 67,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, since nan October 7 attacks precisely 2 years ago.

Thousands of Hamas-led militants attacked service bases, farming communities and a euphony festival, sidesplitting astir 1200 group and abducting 251 others.

- Reported pinch Associated Press