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Greta Thunberg’s alleged claims that she sat for hours on onerous surfaces in a bedbug-infested Israeli jail whereas denied ample meals and water have been blasted by Israel’s International Ministry as “brazen lies.”
In accordance with correspondence from the Swedish International Ministry, seen by The Guardian, Thunberg informed officers she developed rashes presumably attributable to bedbugs.
The activist was additionally mentioned to have complained of dehydration.
A letter shared with Thunberg’s mother and father additionally reportedly mentioned she described “harsh and exhausting” therapy after she was detained by Israeli forces throughout her Gaza-bound International Sumud Flotilla assist expedition.
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg sits at an unknown location, after Israel intercepted the vessels of the International Sumud Flotilla aiming to succeed in Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, on this handout picture launched on October 3, 2025. (ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY/Handout by way of REUTERS)
In a press release shared Sunday on X, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson mentioned all detainees’ “authorized rights had been absolutely upheld.”
They insisted that Thunberg “didn’t complain to Israeli authorities about any of those ludicrous and baseless allegations as a result of they by no means occurred.”
Local weather activist Greta Thunberg sits close to an Israeli soldier after naval forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla. (Israel International Ministry)
The Israeli Foreign Ministry additionally known as the reviews “brazen lies” and emphasised that detainees had entry to meals, water, authorized counsel and medical care.
Courtroom paperwork from an Oct. 5 listening to earlier than Israel’s Inhabitants and Migration Tribunal seem to assist the official account, per native media reviews, displaying she requested deportation to Sweden however made no formal criticism of mistreatment whereas in custody.
In one other publish on X, the ministry shared that one Spanish detainee from Thunberg’s Flotilla allegedly bit a feminine medical employees member at Ketziot Jail.
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Israel’s Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir described the flotilla individuals as “supporters of terrorism,” saying he was “proud they skilled the identical situations as terrorist detainees.”
Thunberg, 22, was amongst roughly 450 activists from greater than a dozen nations detained after the Israeli navy intercepted the 42-boat International Sumud Flotilla on October 1.
Local weather activist Greta Thunberg with different activists from a human rights group met with journalists in Catania, Italy forward of their departure for the Mideast. (AP)
The convoy, which departed from Turkey a day earlier, sought to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza and ship symbolic humanitarian assist.
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Different activists, corresponding to Turkish journalist and flotilla participant Ersin Çelik, informed Anadolu Company that guards “dragged little Greta by her hair, beat her, and compelled her to kiss the Israeli flag.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Swedish International Ministry and the Israeli International Ministry for remark.
