Multiple Bay Area residents detained by the Israeli military aboard an aid flotilla to Gaza have been deported to Istanbul, according to family members.
At least three North Bay residents, and a San Francisco native who now resides in Arizona, were among more than 400 people who were detained early this week in international waters, more than 100 miles from Gaza’s coastline.
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The detainees were part of a Global Sumud Flotilla that first departed from Barcelona on April 12, carrying humanitarian aid workers, food and supplies. Israeli forces intercepted about half of the original fleet of ships at the end of April, and those activists were taken to Greece.
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