Overview
- Israel said 171 people were expelled on Monday, bringing deportations to about 341 from roughly 470–479 detained after last week’s interception of the Global Sumud flotilla.
- Greta Thunberg arrived in Athens on a Greek repatriation flight carrying 161 people, while Slovakia confirmed receiving 10 deportees on a separate flight.
- Israeli authorities deny widespread allegations of mistreatment in custody and say detainees’ rights were upheld, citing only an incident involving an activist biting a medic.
- Deported participants from Spain, Switzerland and other countries allege beatings, sleep deprivation, lack of food and water, confiscated medication and confinement in cages.
- Adalah says about 150 people remain at Israel’s Ketziot prison, including roughly 40 on hunger strike seeking medical treatment, as governments coordinate further repatriations.