Israel demanded answers from Madrid over the treatment of the activists, days after Spain summoned Israel’s representative over Ben-Gvir’s controversial video taunting detained flotilla members.

Israeli forces arrested 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters on Tuesday to halt a flotilla of volunteers trying to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip.

Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, a technology and maintenance soldier in the 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in the incident, the IDF said.

"As of this day, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from accessing French territory," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, as he demanded EU sanctions against the far-right minister.

Iran approved the shipment to help build confidence between Qatar and Pakistan, which is mediating in peace talks, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Promising early results have been put on the back burner despite renewed global concern following a deadly cruise ship outbreak.

What should have been a relatively simple process, has ended up being a non-ending nightmare of bureaucracy, almost meant to turn away new citizens by completely wearing them down.