Tel Aviv : Israel on Monday, October 6, deported 171 members of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, to Greece and Slovakia following the interception of the aid convoy bound for Gaza.

The flotilla, which set sail from Barcelona on August 31, aimed to challenge Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza and deliver symbolic humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. Israeli forces intercepted the vessels in international waters on Wednesday night, October 1, detaining about 470 participants.

In a statement posted on X, the Israel Foreign Ministry said that the deportees are citizens of Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, the UK, Serbia, a

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