Overview

• Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla of more than 40 boats, detaining over 400 participants and deporting many, including 137 flown to Turkey.
• Thunberg’s complaints to Swedish officials, cited in a diplomatic email, describe dehydration, inadequate food and water, a bedbug‑infested cell, skin rashes, and long periods on hard surfaces.
• Other released participants allege she was dragged by the hair, beaten, and forced to kiss an Israeli flag, while flotilla lawyers report hours without food or water and instances of verbal and physical mistreatment.
• Israel’s Foreign Ministry calls the claims “brazen lies,” asserts detainees’ rights were upheld, and senior ministers Itamar Ben‑Gvir and Gideon Sa’ar publicly defend the response and question the activists’ credibility.
• Swedish consular staff have visited detainees in Ketziot prison and urged medical and legal access, and Israeli media report Thunberg is expected to be deported to Greece on Tuesday.