Overview

• After intercepting the 42-vessel flotilla in international waters last week, Israel has deported 137 activists to Turkey and 29 to Spain, with roughly 340 still in custody according to a flotilla lawyer.
• Adalah, the flotilla’s legal team, alleges detainees faced denial of medical care and essential prescriptions, lack of food and water, overcrowded cells, prolonged blindfolding and handcuffing, and degrading treatment.
• The Israeli Foreign Ministry rejects the reports as “blatant lies,” says all legal rights were respected, and notes some detainees declined to expedite their deportation.
• Activists claim Greta Thunberg was dragged and mocked, including being forced toward an Israeli flag, an account Israel denies and says she did not formally complain about.
• National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said supporters of terrorism “deserve conditions of terrorists,” drawing criticism as several governments, including Greece, Turkey, Colombia and Pakistan, condemned the arrests.