Overview

• Israeli authorities say they expelled 171 detainees from the flotilla in two flights to Greece and Slovakia after boarding vessels in international waters between October 1 and 3.
• Greta Thunberg was among those deported and, upon landing in Athens, urged attention to what she called a genocide in Gaza rather than to detainees’ treatment.
• Multiple participants allege beatings, sleep deprivation and denial of medication in custody; Israel rejects the accounts as false and says all legal rights were respected.
• Spain repatriated dozens of its nationals on government-arranged flights, while Reyes Rigo remains in Israeli custody after police said she bit a prison worker and a court extended her detention.
• Organizers say they will file complaints and stress the mission aimed to challenge Gaza’s naval blockade and deliver aid; Israel alleges Hamas links and contends the boats carried little humanitarian cargo.