Overview

• About 437 people from the Global Sumud flotilla were detained after Israeli forces intercepted the convoy, with most held at Ketziot prison in the Negev.
• Sweden says its diplomats met nine detained nationals and relayed Greta Thunberg’s reports of dehydration, insufficient food and water, and skin eruptions suspected to be from bedbugs.
• Stockholm has asked Israel to immediately provide potable water, food, medical attention and access to lawyers for Swedish detainees.
• Israel’s foreign ministry and its embassy in Sweden reject the allegations as false, saying all detainees received water, food, toilets, legal counsel and medical care.
• Released participants and rights group Adalah allege systemic abuses including overcrowding, denial of medication and degrading treatment, while some detainees have been expelled to Istanbul and others reportedly launched hunger strikes.