Greta Thunberg alleges torture during Israeli detention

8/10/2025 6:29

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg alleged on Tuesday that she and other detainees of the Gaza flotilla were subjected to torture in the Israeli prison they were held.



Thunberg told a news conference in Stockholm that she and others were "kidnapped and tortured" by the Israeli military.



She declined to elaborate, adding when pressed that she didn't get clean water and that other detainees were deprived of critical medication.



"Personally, I don't want to share what I was subjected to because I don't want it to make headlines and 'Greta has been tortured', because that's not the story here," she said, adding that what they were subjected to paled in comparison to what people in Gaza experienced daily.



Israel's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment but has repeatedly denied mistreating the detainees.