UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires after video of Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting activists causes outcry

Israel widely criticised after security minister’s video shows humiliating treatment of people on flotilla headed for Gaza

The UK has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires as international outrage escalates over a video posted by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video">taunting activists detained after a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted.

The global outcry continued as Israel began releasing hundreds of the activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organisation working with the flotilla.