South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday said Israel had arrested South Korean nationals in international waters, calling the action “way out of line”.
In a cabinet meeting, Lee said the South Korean citizens had been detained for reasons not valid under international law, questioning whether such actions could be allowed to pass without protest.
Lee said he believed many European countries were willing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under International Criminal Court warrants but that Seoul must make its own judgment on the matter.
Last Gaza flotilla vessels intercepted by Israel Navy, land convoy faces Libyan forces
The last stragglers of the activist flotilla ships were intercepted on their way to Gaza on Tuesday after most of their fleet had been interdicted by the Israeli Navy on Monday, according to the Global Sumud Flotilla, and the tandem land convoy was reportedly halted by Libyan forces.
About six vessels were intercepted on Tuesday afternoon, north of Port Said. After the Vanguard ship, the Andros, had been stopped, other ships scattered, according to the GSF tracking platform, but were eventually all stopped.
On Instagram, the GSF claimed that shots were fired by Israeli naval commandos, but no one was reported wounded. N12 news site reported that the fire was from warning shots, using rubber bullets.
GSF placed their hopes with another straggler contingent of the Sirius and the Cabo Blanco, which reportedly attempted to flank from the north, coming down from the direction of Cyprus and west of Haifa. The pair, the final vessels in the flotilla, were interdicted as the sun began to set.