Overview

• Israel says 171 detainees, including Greta Thunberg, were flown to Greece and Slovakia, bringing total deportations to 341 of the 479 people held after the flotilla was seized.
• Greece confirmed 161 arrivals in Athens, as supporters gathered to welcome deportees; additional repatriation efforts are underway for various nationalities.
• Lawyers for the Global Sumud Flotilla report about 150 participants remain in Israel’s Ketziot prison, with around 40 on hunger strike to press for medical care and protest conditions.
• Multiple activists allege beatings, deprivation and humiliating treatment, claims Israel rejects while stating detainees’ legal rights were upheld and citing one incident of a medic being bitten.
• Thunberg, arriving in Athens, denounced Israel’s actions and accused it of genocide, while Israeli officials defended enforcing the naval blockade and called the flotilla a publicity stunt.