Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and a number of other passengers aboard vessels of the Gaza aid campaign Global Sumud Flotilla were detained at the port of Ashdod. The six vessels captured by the Israeli forces in the process were – Sirus, Alma, Spectra, Adar, Deir Yassin and Hoga. Thunberg was aboard the Alma, according to the Guardian.

Israeli forces say Greta Thunberg and friends are safe

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has since issued a statement and released a brief video of the arrest on social media platform X. Contrary to the GSF’s take on the Israeli mission to intercept them being labelled as an “attack,” the Israel Foreign Ministry stated that several flotilla vessels had been “safely stopped.” Its statement further claimed that passengers on the were being transfe

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