Israel says it has deported Greta Thunberg and 170 others activists detained when a flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza was intercepted, the BBC reports.
Around 470 people were aboard more than 40 civilian boats when the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israel last week.
Some members of the flotilla who have already been deported have claimed to have been mistreated while in Israeli detention, according to a report in the Guardian.
In a post on X, the Israel’s foreign ministry calls the flotilla a “PR stunt,” and says all those detained have had their legal rights upheld. It accuses them of spreading “lies.”
It is the second time Thunberg has been deported by Israel after unsuccessfully trying to reach Gaza by sea.
Israel says the 171 people have been deported to Greece and Slovakia and are citizens of Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, the UK, Serbia, and the United States.
