Overview

• Thunberg describes being beaten and kicked, denied water in extreme heat, repeatedly woken at night, and forced to undress as officers allegedly filmed her during five days in custody.
• She displayed a confiscated suitcase returned with insults and crude drawings and recounted a "scare" episode in which an official allegedly mentioned offering her to Hamas before calling it a joke.
• Israeli authorities reject the accusations as absurd, assert her rights were respected, and point to footage showing soldiers giving her water and a jacket, while noting she filed no formal complaint.
• The Swedish Foreign Ministry told Aftonbladet that activists experienced partly brutal treatment, and other flotilla participants interviewed by the paper largely backed Thunberg’s account.
• Thunberg was detained after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted and deported on October 6, and organizers say they plan to continue similar missions challenging the naval blockade.