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Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting detained Gaza activists – The Latest

Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists who had been detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid.

The video has been widely condemned by world leaders, including the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and by Israeli politicians, among them the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison