Montreal doctor and activist Nimâ Machouf has been released from Israeli custody after her aid boat bound for Gaza was intercepted in international waters earlier this week.

Machouf, 59, was among about 150 people aboard a nine-boat convoy organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza, which was stopped by Israeli forces early on Wednesday. A public health specialist at the Université de Montréal and former NDP candidate, she joined the mission to deliver supplies to Gaza.

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On Friday, she told Radio-Canada that she and two other Canadians were flown to Istanbul and freed.

“We arrived in Istanbul safe and sound,” she said.

A photo posted to social media by the Canadian Boat to Gaza group showed Machouf smiling and flashing a peace sign al

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