00:02All 29 Malaysians involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla mission have been released and are
00:09now safe in Istanbul, Turkey.
00:12In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the group would undergo medical and health
00:16assessments before returning to Malaysia with their arrival expected on Sunday.
00:21The Ministry also expressed appreciation to the Turkish government for its support throughout
00:26the release process.
00:27It noted that although the flotilla did not succeed in reaching Gaza, the mission succeeded
00:33in drawing greater international attention to the blockade on Palestine.
00:38A total of 428 activists from 44 countries involved in the GSF 2.0 mission who were detained
00:47by Israeli authorities have also been released.
00:50The activists arrived in Istanbul on Thursday aboard three aircraft.
00:55Those injured during the mission were taken by ambulance from the airport while all activists
01:01were later brought to the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute for examinations as part of
01:06an investigation launched by Turkish prosecutors.
01:10The flotilla organizers said on Tuesday that all 50 vessels in the convoy had been seized
01:16by Israel following attacks in international waters.
01:20The convoy had departed from Marmaris, Tokyo last Thursday in an attempt to break the Israeli
01:25blockade on Gaza, which has been in place since 2007 and has pushed much of the population
01:31population to the brink of starvation.
01:38The flotilla was taken to the brink of starvation.
01:43The flotilla was taken to the southwest because the last start of the
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