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Swedish climate and human rights activist Greta Thunberg was among hundreds deported by Israel after being jailed for trying to deliver aid to Gaza.<\/p>\n
At least 450 activists were aboard the flotilla, a coalition of several vessels seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to the blockaded Palestinian territory. Israeli forces detained them last week<\/a>, and by Monday had deported Thunberg and 170 others<\/a> to countries including Greece and Slovakia.<\/p>\n Thunberg and others described suffering<\/a> from dehydration, receiving insufficient amounts of water and food, and developing rashes<\/a> while in Israeli detention.<\/p>\n \u201cI could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment \u2014 trust me,\u201d Thunberg said in Athens, where she was greeted by a large crowd of supporters<\/a> \u201cBut that is not the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Flotilla participants claim Israeli forces violated<\/a> maritime and international humanitarian laws by intercepting their boats, while Israel says the activists violated its legal blockade with their \u201cpublicity stunt.\u201d<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s military assault on the Gaza Strip following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas has, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, killed more than 67,000 people<\/a>, most of them women and children.<\/p>\n Famine has been declared<\/a> in the region as Israel continues to impose severe restrictions on humanitarian aid. A United Nations commission of inquiry<\/a> and the world\u2019s foremost experts on genocide, the International Association of Genocide Scholars<\/a>, declared in September that Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza amount to genocide.<\/p>\n This article was originally published on MSNBC.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n