ISTANBUL, Oct 6 — Israel will on Monday deport around 170 activists detained after Israeli forces attacked the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, according to the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, ADALAH, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

ADALAH said in a statement late Sunday that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) informed its lawyers of plans to deport the activists without providing details, including names, nationalities or destinations.

Israel has deported around 170 Gaza flotilla participants over the past few days, most to Istanbul, with smaller groups sent to Italy and Spain, it added.

ADALAH said its attorneys were denied access to activists during several visits on Saturday, while medicines were allowed into the prison following legal interventions and visits by foreign embassy representatives, who assessed the activists’ health.

The rights centre said it is monitoring the conditions of activists, demanding lawyer access despite IPS restrictions and ensuring their rights are protected until deportation.

ADALAH said the IPS allowed only a 30-minute visit, during which lawyers met with all 11 Tunisian participants on hunger strike, who reported that many other activists were also refusing food.

The activists told lawyers that “widespread assaults and violence” occurred during their transfer from the port of Ashdod to Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert, and in the early days of their detention.

“Current conditions inside the prison are described as relatively stable, with continued concern over the health of the hunger strikers and denial of adequate medical care,” ADALAH noted. — Bernama-Anadolu