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ASHDOD, Israel — Israel on Thursday unveiled a makeshift detention center and announced the end of days of intense naval maneuvers, vowing to stop a flotilla of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break a three-year blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Military authorities said naval commandos would escort the vessels to port and give each of the activists a choice: Leave the country, or go to jail.
But the tough response threatened to backfire by breathing new life into the activists’ mission and drawing attention to the blockade.
