Israel is deporting Greta Thunberg to Greece today. Greta is a Swedish activist, and she is among more than 70 people of different nationalities who are leaving Israel today after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla.
Most, if not all, those being released from Israeli detention will be flown to Greece, where they will be able to get flights to their home countries, their respective governments said.
Those flying out of Israel on Monday include 28 French citizens, 27 Greeks, 15 Italians, and nine Swedes.
Meanwhile, the release still leaves several foreigners in Israeli custody, including 28 Spanish nationals. All had been on board the 42-vessel Global Sumud Flotilla carrying activists and politicians, who had been aiming to get past an Israeli blockade to deliver aid to Gaza, where the United Nations says famine has taken hold — a charge that Israel rejects.
Israel started intercepting the ships in international waters on Wednesday, detaining the more than 470 people who had been aboard the boats.
The Italian and Greek foreign ministries said their released nationals would on Monday fly from Israel to Athens. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on X that the 15 Italians would have assistance for a subsequent transfer to Italy.
France’s foreign ministry said the 28 French citizens would be flown to Greece. They accounted for most of the 30 French nationals Israel seized aboard the flotilla.
The Swedish foreign ministry did not say where the Swedes would fly to, but Swedish media said they, too, could be put on the flight to Greece.
The plane carrying the deported activists to Greece will take off from southern Israel’s Ramon Airport and land in Athens.
In total, 170 flotilla activists have been deported so far. Those who remain are being held in Ketziot prison, in what their legal representation has described as substandard conditions.
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