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Greta Thunberg Details Alleged Abuse in Israeli Custody After Gaza Flotilla Interception

Her account follows five days in custody at Ketziot after Israel intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla.

Overview

  • Thunberg says soldiers hit and kicked her, threw an Israeli flag over her, ripped off and stomped her frog hat, and bound her hands with tight cable ties.
  • She describes threats that guards would “gas” detainees, isolation in an insect‑infested cell, and officers lining up to take selfies as her belongings were cut with knives.
  • Her suitcase was returned defaced with profanities, an Israeli flag drawing, and a sexual image, and she says she was forced to change out of a “Free Palestine” shirt.
  • She recounts detainees forced to kneel for hours behind fences at Ashdod and says Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir shouted that they were terrorists.
  • Israel’s foreign ministry rejects the claims as “brazen lies” and says detainees’ rights were upheld, while Thunberg was held five days at Ketziot then deported following the interception of the multi‑boat aid convoy.