Key facts
- Italian prosecutors are investigating Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- The investigation is over the treatment of activists from a Gaza flotilla intercepted last month.
- Ben-Gvir is suspected of torture and kidnapping of Italian citizens among the activists.
- Israel released a video showing detained activists kneeling with hands bound, drawing international criticism.
- Italy has called the treatment "unacceptable" and requested EU sanctions against Ben-Gvir.
- France has banned Ben-Gvir from its territory.
Italian prosecutors have placed Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last month, according to a judicial source. The investigation includes suspicions of torture and kidnapping of Italian citizens who were among the detained activists.