Overview

• Israel sent 171 detainees, including Greta Thunberg, to Greece and Slovakia, bringing total deported to about 341 of roughly 479 held after last week’s naval interception.
• About 150 activists remain in Ketziot prison, with roughly 40 on hunger strike, according to Adalah lawyer Lubna Tuma.
• Deportees from multiple countries alleged beatings, sleep deprivation, denial of food, water and medication, and being kept in cages; Israeli officials rejected the claims and said rights were upheld, citing only an incident in which a detainee bit a medic.
• Some North African detainees reported harsher treatment than Europeans, including being kept kneeling in the sun, accounts not corroborated by Israeli authorities.
• Governments arranged consular visits and repatriation; South Africa said its citizens would be flown out via Jordan, and supporters greeted deportees in Athens and Bratislava.