Overview

• Thunberg is among 437 passengers from the Global Sumud flotilla detained after Israeli forces intercepted more than 40 vessels bound for Gaza on October 2–3.
• A Swedish foreign ministry email says Thunberg reported dehydration, insufficient food and water, and skin rashes she suspects came from bedbugs.
• Activists and journalists allege she was humiliated and physically mistreated, including being forced to pose with or be wrapped in an Israeli flag, claims Israel disputes.
• Israel’s embassy in Sweden calls the mistreatment accounts "complete lies" and says detainees had access to food, water, toilets, lawyers and medical care.
• Most detainees are reported held at Ketziot prison, where lawyers and rights advocates describe poor conditions and some detainees on hunger strike.