Israel’s athlete activist, Greta Thunberg, after the military seized Gaza Freedom Fleet

Jerusalem – Israel athlete, Greta Thunberg, on Tuesday, the country’s foreign ministry said, one day after Loop-The ship in which I was with 11 other people was seized by the Israeli army. Thunberg went on a flight to France and then went to his country of origin in Sweden, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an X.

Thunberg was one of the 12 passengers in Madleen, a ship that carries Gaza help with the mission of protesting Israel’s war there and shedding light on the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, according to the organizers, the Freedom Flotilla coalition.

Israeli naval forces seized the boat without incident on early Monday to about 125 miles from the coast of Gaza, according to the coalition, which, together with the rights groups, condemned Israel’s actions as a violation of international law. Israel rejects that position because he says that such ships are intended to violate what he argues is the legal naval block of his army.

The ship, accompanied by the Navy of Israel, arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod on Monday night, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Freedom Flotilla coalition said three activists, including Thunberg, had been deported together with a journalist. He said he had encouraged some of the groups to do this so they could speak freely about their experiences.

Eight other passengers rejected deportation and were arrested before their case was heard by the Israeli authorities. Adalah, a group of legal rights in Israel that represents the activists, said that the eight were expected to be taken before a court later on Tuesday.

“His arrest is illegal, politically motivated and a direct violation of international law,” said the coalition in a statement. He asked that the remaining passengers were released without deportation and said that their lawyers would demand that they be allowed to complete their trip to Gaza.

Sabine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior of Israel, said the activists who were being deported on Tuesday had resigned to appear before a judge. Those who will not face one and will be held for 96 hours before being deported, he said.

Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament that is of Palestinian descent, was also among the passengers aboard Madleen. He has previously been forbidden to enter Israel due to his opposition to Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. It was not clear if I was being deported or detained immediately.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barot said on Tuesday that one of the French activists arrested signed an expulsion order and will leave Israel on Tuesday for France. The other five denied. He said that all activists received consular visits.

Sergio Toribio, a Spanish activist who was deported, criticized Israel’s actions after arriving in Barcelona.

“It is unforgivable, it is a violation of our rights. It is a pirate attack in international waters,” Toribio told journalists.

On Monday, Adalah, the rights group, said that Israel had no “legal authority” to take care of the ship, because the group said it was in international waters and that it did not address Israel but to the “territorial waters of the Palestine state“

“The arrest of unarmed activists, who operated civilly to provide humanitarian aid, is equivalent to a serious violation of international law,” said Adalah in a statement.

Amnesty International said that Israel was mocking international law with the Naval raid and asked the country to release activists immediately and unconditionally.

Israel said his actions were consistent with international law.

Israel saw the ship as an advertising trick, calling it the “Yate Selfie”. Israeli officials said the flotilla was bringing “scarce” help with what amounted to less than a product truck.

The flotilla has made it clear that its repeated attempts to reach the Palestinian territory with vessels that transport help and activists are aimed both to raise awareness about the Israeli block and to bring any food to the enclave.

Israel and Egypt have imposed varying degrees of a blockade in Gaza since Hamas seized the power of rival Palestinian forces in 2007. Israel says that the blockade is necessary to prevent Hamas from mattersing weapons, while critics say it is equivalent to a collective punishment of the Palestine population of Gaza.

During the 20 -month war in Gaza caused by the terrorist attack led by Hamas, led by Hamas, in 2023, Israel has restricted and, sometimes, has blocked all the help in the territory, including food, fuel and medicine. Experts say that politics has pushed Gaza towards the famine. Israel says that Hamas deviates the help to reinforce his rule.

The terrorist attack led by Hamas on October 7 killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in southern Israel, and saw another 251 taken as hostages to Gaza, most of which since then have been released in agrees of high fire or other agreements. Hamas is still holding 55 hostagesbut it is only believed that about 20 are still alive.

Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, directed by Hamas, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but has said that women and children constitute most of the dead.

The war has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the population of the territory, and many people are forced to flee several times. The entire population depends almost completely on international aid.

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