Video showing Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists has sparked searing international condemnation, as well as a rare public reprimand from Israel’s prime minister.

Israel’s national security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after he released videos taunting detained activists from a flotilla that tried to reach Gaza.

Italy and France have summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their respective capitals after Itamar Ben-Gvir, his national security minister, posted the video.

World leaders strongly condemned the treatment of the detained activists, shown in videos with their hands tied behind their backs, kneeling with their heads touching the floor.

Canada is among the nations summoning Israeli ambassadors over a video that shows Israel's Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seemingly taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists kneeling on the ground with their hands tied.

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Detained activists from a flotilla that tried to get past the Israeli blockade of Gaza arrived Wednesday in Israel where the national security minister released videos taunting them and saying they should be imprisoned for a very long time.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called Israel's treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists "abominable," adding that Israel's ambassador will be summoned to Ottawa, after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared a video taunting them.