The alleged claims from Greta Thunberg that she spent hours on hard surfaces in an Israeli prison affected by Bedwug, while sufficient food and water are denied, crashed by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “brutal lies”.
According to correspondence of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seen by The guardianThunberg told officials that she has developed a result, possibly caused by bedbugs.
The activist would also have complained about dehydration.
A letter that was shared with Thunberg’s parents also said that she described “hard and tiring” treatment after being held by Israeli troops during her Gaza-bound global Sumud Flotilla Aid Expedition.
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The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is in an unknown location, after Israel has intercepted the ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla that Gaza wanted to reach and the Naval Blocking of Israel Break, in this hand -out image that was released on 3 October 2025. (Israel Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
In a statement shared Sunday on X, a Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson said that all prisoners ‘legal rights were fully maintained’.
They insisted that Thunberg “did not complain to the Israeli authorities about one of these ridiculous and unfounded allegations because they never took place.”
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is sitting near an Israeli soldier after sea trips have intercepted a Gaza-bound fleet. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs also called the reports “brutal lies” and emphasized that prisoners had access to food, water, legal adviser and medical care.
Judicial documents from a hearing of 5 October before the Israeli population and the migration ribunal seem to support the official account, according to the local media reports, which shows that she asked for Sweden for deportation, but did not submit a formal complaint about mistreatment while it was in custody.
In another message on X, the ministry expressed that a Spanish prisoner from the Fleet of Thunberg is said to have a female medical staff member in Ketziot Prison.
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The Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir described the participants in the Flotilla as “supporters of terrorism,” and said he was “proud that they experienced the same conditions as terrorist prisoners.”
Thunberg, 22, was one of the approximately 450 activists from more than a dozen countries that were held after the Israeli navy intercepted the 42-boot Global Sumud Flotilla on 1 October.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists from a human rights organization met journalists in Catania, Italy prior to their departure to the middle -east. (AP)
The convoy, which left Turkey the day before, tried to violate the maritime blockade of Gaza from Israel and to offer symbolic humanitarian aid.
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Other activists, such as the Turkish journalist and the participant of the fleet Ersin Çelik, told Anadolu’s desk that guards “dragged Little Greta through her hair, hit her and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.”
