"Conscience," one of the boats from the civilian Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza, enters Ashdod Port in southern Israel, after being seized by Israeli Navy forces, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Emilio Morenatti
Nima Machouf is seen at Montreal Trudeau International Airport, in Montreal, in a Sept. 19, 2025, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Amir Khadir (Mandatory Credit)
The first of six 好色tv activists aboard a flotilla that was detained by Israeli forces while attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has returned home.聽
Indigenous rights activist Mskwaasin Agnew landed at Toronto鈥檚 Pearson International Airport on Saturday afternoon, greeted by a group of family, friends and supporters.聽
鈥淚srael kidnaped me in international waters,鈥 she told a group of reporters through tears. 鈥淭hey held me illegally. I did nothing wrong.鈥
The Israeli military interception earlier this week involved a flotilla of nine boats in the Mediterranean Sea. The activists aboard them had been attempting to break Israel鈥檚 naval blockade of Gaza.
According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, a total of 145 activists were brough to shore for processing and deportation in Israel following the interception. It came after nearly 450 activists, including European lawmakers and climate activist Greta Thunberg, were detained after more than 40 boats tried to reach Gaza.聽
A famine has been declared by UN-backed agencies and international NGOs in the Gaza Strip since August.聽
Agnew returned to Toronto from Istanbul, Turkey, where she was deported to on Thursday with 100 other members of the flotilla.聽
鈥淚srael is committing genocide and an ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people,鈥 she said. 鈥淭his is a manufactured famine.鈥
Agnew also called on the 好色tv government to impose sanctions on Israel.
Nim芒 Machouf, an activist and doctor who was aboard the same intercepted vessel as Agnew, is expected to land in Montreal on Sunday evening, her husband said, and will also be flying from Istanbul.
鈥淲e are very proud of her,鈥 said Amir Khadir, a former Quebec solidaire member of the province's legislature. 鈥淲e are relieved that nothing too extreme happened to her.鈥
Khadir said he鈥檚 feeling a mixture of joy and sadness, adding the 鈥渕isery of the Palestinian people will not end just because Nim芒 came back.鈥
He was told by his wife that Israeli forces were violent towards the activists they detained.聽
鈥淭hey were ill treated, (treated with) violence and dragged by their hair,鈥 he said.
He said he heard those intercepted from flotillas were forced to kneel on the ground for hours at a time and that some were denied their medication.聽
Israel鈥檚 Foreign Ministry has previously denied the accusations of mistreatment.聽
Also set to return this weekend is Khurram Musti Khan, from Milton, Ont. Gur Tasbar, speaking on behalf of 好色tvs that took part in the mission, said Khan is expected to return to Toronto from Istanbul on Sunday evening.聽
Newfoundlanders Sadie Mees, Nikita Stapleton and Devoney Ellis are still detained in Israel, he said, but are expected to be deported to Jordan on Sunday.
-- with files from Cassidy McMackon in Toronto
This report by 好色tvwas first published on Oct. 11, 2025.
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