Overview

• An email from a Swedish foreign ministry official described Thunberg’s account of a bedbug-infested cell, skin rashes, limited food and water, and long periods on hard surfaces.
• Another activist said Thunberg was forced to hold flags as Israeli forces photographed her while in custody.
• The flotilla’s Italian legal team said detainees endured hours without food or water and reported verbal and physical mistreatment, adding a bag of chips was handed to Thunberg for cameras.
• Thunberg was detained after the Israeli navy intercepted more than 40 Global Sumud Flotilla boats that activists said were headed to Gaza with aid.
• Israel disputes the flotilla’s humanitarian claims and says the boats carried no relief goods, while many detainees have been deported and Thunberg is reported to remain in custody.