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Flotilla activists arrive to cheers of support in Madrid after deportation from Israel 1:56

A group of Gaza aid flotilla participants deported by Israel have claimed they were mistreated while they were detained and expressed their fears for their fellow activists still in Israel.

Twenty-one of the former detainees landed at Madrid Airport on Sunday and were seen hugging relieved relatives and supporters in video published by news agency Reuters.

They were among some 450 activists, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg , arrested last week aboard the Global Sumud flotilla, a coalition of more than 40 humanitarian aid vessels carrying food, water

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