Israel announced that it deported the left-wing pro-Hamas activist Greta Thunberg a day after her ship, bound for the Gaza Strip to criticize Israel and support the Palestinian terrorist group, in which she was traveling with 11 other people, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thunberg boarded a flight from Tel Aviv to France on Tuesday morning after accepting her deportation.
Meanwhile, France indicated that five of the six French citizens detained with her refused to sign the deportation orders, so now they will face judicial proceedings.
Greta Thunberg fue deportada.
The ship on which Thunberg was traveling, called "The Madleen," was intercepted early Monday morning while attempting to illegally enter the Gaza Strip in defiance of the naval blockade imposed by Israel due to the war in the region.
The Israeli Ministry described the vessel as a "selfie yacht" and announced on its official X account that the passengers were taken to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv after the ship arrived at Ashdod port on Monday night.
"Those who refuse to sign the deportation documents and leave Israel will be brought before a judicial authority, in accordance with Israeli law, to authorize their deportation," the ministry added.
Finally, on Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed that Greta Thunberg "had just left Israel on a flight to Sweden (via France)" and shared an image of the activist sitting inside the plane.
Greta Thunberg en el avión.
The October 7 video
Yesterday, Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, revealed that he forced Thunberg and the other pro-Hamas activists to watch a video about the October 7 terrorist attack.
Katz also targeted the left-wing activist, whom he described as "antisemitic," and stated: "It is appropriate that the antisemitic Greta and her companions who support Hamas see exactly who the terrorist group they support is and on whose behalf they act, the atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend them."
The video, 43 minutes long, was produced by the Israeli Army and has already been shown to journalists on previous occasions. It contains footage of murders and other acts committed by Hamas and Palestinian factions during the October 7 attack, which left around 1,200 dead and about 250 kidnapped, according to official Israeli data.
