Kidnapped

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has accused Israel of kidnapping up to eight Irish citizens and breaking international law by refusing diplomats access to them.

Six confirmed Irish passport holders were threatened with internment at the Be’er Sheva detention camp unless they signed deportation agreements with Israeli. They were aboard the aid flotilla stormed by Israeli commandos which left at least nine people dead.

A seventh Irishman, Shane Dillon, was allowed fly back to Ireland after consenting to be deported by Israeli authorities. Later reports said an eighth unknown citizen had also been captured.