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A group of Turkish activists unlawfully detained by Israel aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla arrived at the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan on Tuesday to return to Türkiye.
The activists, who had been held at Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, were transported to the border in prison transfer vehicles.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oncu Keceli stated that 14 Turkish nationals crossed by land into Jordan on Tuesday morning and will return to Türkiye by air from Amman.
"Fourteen of our citizens who were on the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels seized by Israel crossed by land into Jordan this morning," Keceli said in a post on the social media platform X.
"They will come to our country by air from Amman, and all of our citizens who participated in the flotilla will have returned to Türkiye," he added.
Israeli naval forces attacked and seized vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla and detained more than 470 activists from over 50 countries.
The flotilla had been attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and challenge Israel's blockade of the enclave.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla approached Gaza waters on the evening of Oct. 1 to break Israel's blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The Israeli military attacked the flotilla, seized 42 vessels belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla, and detained hundreds of international activists, transferring them to Ketziot Prison in southern Israel.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is the largest fleet to date to set out and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza collectively.
Israel has maintained the blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, for almost 18 years.
Since October 2023, Israeli bombardments have killed more than 67,100 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them women and children, and rendered it uninhabitable.
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