According to information from informed sources, the activists were transferred from Ketziot prison in the Negev desert to Ramon airport in southern Israel, in preparation for their deportation.
After the deportation procedures were completed, more than 420 activists, including 78 Turkish citizens, were transferred to three Turkish Airlines planes that arrived at Ramon Airport.
The first planes carrying the flotilla activists took off from Ramon Airport towards Istanbul, after completing the procedures in coordination with the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The planes carrying the activists are expected to arrive in Istanbul during the evening hours.
Earlier on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said: "We are working with all our relevant institutions to ensure the safety of our citizens detained as a result of the illegal intervention that targeted the Global Resilience Flotilla, and to secure their safe return to our country."
He added: "Today we plan to evacuate our activists and activists from other countries participating in the Freedom Flotilla to Türkiye via special flights."
On Wednesday, the extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing him supervising the abuse of activists in the "Steadfastness Flotilla".
The scenes of abuse against the activists sparked angry international reactions, including several countries summoning their Israeli ambassadors and representatives to protest, including Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Belgium and Britain.
On Tuesday evening, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that all activists of the "Steadfastness Flotilla" had been arrested and transferred to Israeli Navy ships.
According to the flotilla organizers, the Israeli occupation army attacked all of the approximately 50 boats, carrying 428 activists from 44 countries, including 78 Turkish citizens.
Approximately 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in catastrophic humanitarian conditions, exacerbated by the Israeli war that left tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women.
