Overview

• Thunberg arrived in Athens with more than 160 deportees and a smaller group was flown to Slovakia, according to Israeli and Greek officials and on-the-ground footage.
• Israeli authorities say over 470 people were arrested after the flotilla was intercepted between October 1 and 3, with 171 deported in the latest tranche and about 138 still in detention.
• Deportees, an embassy visitor and NGO lawyers allege dehydration, scarce food and water, bedbugs and humiliating treatment in custody, claims Israel’s foreign ministry calls “brazen lies” while insisting detainees’ rights were upheld.
• Adalah reports systematic rights violations and says several dozen detainees launched a hunger strike, as Israeli officials counter that one activist bit a female medic at Ketziot prison.
• Large demonstrations broke out across European cities after the interceptions, and Spain says it will file a complaint at the International Criminal Court over the operation in international waters.