The activist flotilla carrying a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza has been blocked by Israeli forces. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities say.

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The activists, including European lawmakers, were sailing on a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza when their vessels were intercepted, drawing widespread condemnation and sparking protests around the world.

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