US and Israel planned to put former Iranian president Ahmadinejad in power after strikes: NYT report

In Israel around 20 May 2026, Israeli forces intercepted the remaining vessels of an activist flotilla headed for Gaza. Le Monde wrote that the 430 members of the flotilla were transferred to Israel by the army, and Dawn wrote that the first of hundreds of detained activists arrived in Israel.

Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video showing detained activists bound and forced to kneel, which drew outcry. Netanyahu scolded him for releasing the videos.