Four hard-left French deputies who were detained by Israel after boarding a Gaza-bound flotilla have declared a hunger strike.

France Unbowed announced over the weekend, that two of its national deputies, Francois Piquemal and Marie Mesmeur, and two of its MEPs, Rima Hassan and Emma Fourreau, had declared a hunger strike “in solidarity with the Palestinian people”.
Aubry called on French authorities to repatriate their nationals.
Israel detained thirty French citizens after intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 45 ships that aimed to break Israel’s siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the territory.
France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon on over the weekend, slammed “the cowards of the French government”, pointing out that detained nationals from several other countries have already been returned home from Israel.