Overview

• Thunberg said at a Stockholm news conference that she and other flotilla detainees were "kidnapped and tortured."
• Israel’s foreign ministry denies mistreatment, saying detainees had food, water, restrooms and access to legal counsel.
• Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla of several vessels, detaining 478 people who sought to deliver aid to Gaza.
• Thunberg and others reported lack of clean water, deprivation of critical medication, dehydration and rashes while in custody.
• Thunberg was expelled on Monday along with other activists to countries including Greece and Slovakia, as Sweden provided consular support but noted it had warned against travel to Gaza.