Overview

• Israel's foreign ministry called reports about Greta Thunberg’s treatment "brazen lies" and said she lodged no such complaints with authorities.
• The Guardian reported that Thunberg described being held in a cell with bedbugs and lacking adequate food and water, claims the ministry disputes.
• Israeli naval forces intercepted the Sumud flotilla and detained more than 400 participants after redirecting the vessels to Ashdod, with deportations ongoing following about 170 expulsions in the first three days.
• Israel characterizes the flotilla as a provocation and says activists rejected offers to offload aid at approved Mediterranean ports for transfer to Gaza.
• The Israel Prison Service and broadcaster Kan reported that a Spanish detainee at Ktziot prison bit a medic after a medical check, prompting a police response, with officials stating such cases are handled under law.