Human rights group Adalah says it will monitor to ensure the release goes ahead
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\nTwo activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted \u200cthe Gaza-bound flotilla they were travelling on are expected to be deported in the coming days after being released from security detention on Saturday, their lawyers said.
\nSaif Abu Keshek, a \u200bSpanish national, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were detained by Israeli authorities on April \u200b29 and brought to Israel.
\nThe activists were part of a second Global Sumud Flotilla launched from Spain on April 12 to try to break \u200bIsrael\u2019s blockade of Gaza by delivering aid to the enclave.
\nIsrael\u2019s foreign ministry said Abu \u200bKeshek was suspected of affiliation with a terrorist organisation and Avila was suspected of illegal activity. Both denied the allegations. Brazil and Spain said the detention was unlawful
\nThe governments of Spain and \u200bBrazil said Abu Keshek\u2019s and Avila\u2019s detention was unlawful, but Israel\u2019s Ashkelon Magistrate\u2019s \u200bCourt remanded them in custody until May 10.
\nHuman rights group Adalah, which has assisted in their legal \u200cdefence and also said the detention was unlawful, said that Abu Keshek and Avila were informed that they would be released from detention on Saturday and handed over to immigration authorities\u2019 custody until their deportation.
\n\u201cAdalah is closely monitoring developments to make \u200bsure that the release \u200bfrom detention goes ahead, followed by their deportation from Israel in the coming days,\u201d the group said. Israeli officials were not immediately reachable \u200bfor comment.
\nIsraeli authorities held them under suspicion of offences that \u200bincluded aiding the enemy and contact with a terrorist group.
\nGaza is largely run by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group by Israel and much of the \u200bWest.
\nThe group\u2019s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel started \u200bthe Gaza war that has left much of the enclave\u2019s population homeless and dependent on aid\u2013which \u200bhumanitarian agencies say is arriving too slowly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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