* Flotilla sought to deliver aid to blockaded Gaza * Israel says blockade is legal and calls flotilla a provocation * Foreign ministry says legal rights of activists being upheld JERUSALEM, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Israel has deported a further 29 activists detained by the navy last week for taking part in a flotilla that sought to deliver aid to blockaded Gaza, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The flotilla, which set sail in late August, marked the latest attempt by activists to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of the territory where Israel has been waging an offensive since Hamas' October 2023 attack. Israel says that the blockade is legal and has called the flotilla a provocation. Israel has so far deported at least 170 of the more than 450 activists it detained. The government has fac

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