A first group of 21 Spanish activists – among them the former Mayor of Barcelona Ada Kolau – out of the 49 who were on board vessels who transported help for the Gaza Strip, but were intercepted last week by the Armed Forces of Israel. the duration of their detention.

“Physical and psychological mistreatment was repeated daily. They hit us, they dragged us. Our eyes were slaughtered. We were tied to handcuffs“, Rafael Borgos, a member of the fleet, told reporters.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvares announced yesterday morning that an agreement was closed with Israel for the first group of 21 Spanish activists to be able to return airlinely.

Everyone agreed to sign document in which they recognized that they entered Israel illegallyMr Alvares said.

The remaining 28 So far they are refusing to do so and are expected to remain in custody longer, Catalan MEP and lawyer Jagaeans said on Spanish public television.

Four Portuguese activists were expected to arrive in Lisbon last night, according to the Portuguese Foreign Minister.

Part of the fleet departed from Barcelona in early September, in order to break the exclusion imposed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and to hand over humanitarian aid to the Palestinian pocket. But it was intercepted last week by the Israeli Navy.

Among the members of the fleet, activists from dozens of countries, was Swedish young Greta Tundberg and various political figures,

Hundreds of activists on the fleet ships and detained by the Israeli armed forces are expecting their deportation. Already 137 activists were transported by air on Saturday to Constantinople.

Spain is one of the most critical voices in Europe in terms of war in Israel in the Gaza Strip.