This story contains references to sexual assault.Israel's ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman, has criticised an Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against Israeli forces.A group of Australian activists who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla made the allegations after being detained by Israeli forces while trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver aid.Speaking on ABC radio on Wednesday morning, Newman said that Israel will "respect the AFP" but that the investigation is a "mistake"."They're making a mistake by wasting their time on this futile incident," he said Eleven Australians were among the nearly 400 people intercepted and detained by the IDF on 18 May.Israel's security minister Itamar Ben-Givr, who is the subject of Australian sanctions for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, published a video of the detained activists online captioned "welcome to Israel"