The partner of a Scot detained in Israel after taking part in a pro-Palestinian flotilla of boats attempting to reach Gaza has told of her relief that he is alive. Hughie Stirling, 68, from Ullapool,

UN Security Council urged to press for Israeli obligations and Hamas disarmament under Gaza ‘ceasefire’ roadmap.

A 32-year-old Kingston man who was captured in international waters while sailing to Gaza earlier this week has been released after three days of detainment in Israeli custody, the nonprofit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater said Thursday.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "all foreign activists" from the flotilla had been deported.

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The month he turned 30, Mosab Abu Toha was blindfolded, beaten and detained by the Israel Defense Forces. The essay he wrote about it won a Pulitzer Prize.

More than six months after the UN endorsed a peace plan in Gaza, the humanitarian situation there remains catastrophic, three global NGOs said Thursday.

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