Israel denies the claims of Greta Thunberg

The alleged allegations of Greta Thunberg according to which she sat for hours on hard surfaces in an Israeli prison infested with bedbugs while refusing adequate food and water were groaned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel as “cheeky lies”.

According to the correspondence of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seen by The guardianThunberg told officials that she had developed rashes perhaps caused by bedbugs.

The activist would also have complained about dehydration.

A letter shared with Thunberg’s parents would also have declared having described a “severe and exhausting” treatment after its relaxation by Israeli forces during its world expedition to Flotilla Aid, linked to Gaza.

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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seated at an unknown location, after Israel intercepted the ships of Flotilla Global Sumud aimed at reaching Gaza and breaking the naval blocking of Israel, in this image of document published on October 3, 2025. (Ministry / Document / Document of Foreign Affairs via Reuters)

In a press release shared on Sunday on X, a Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs The spokesman said that all of the prisoners’ legal rights were fully confirmed “.

They insisted on the fact that Thunberg “did not complain to the Israeli authorities of these ridiculous and baseless allegations because they never occurred”.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is near an Israeli soldier after naval forces intercepted a flotilla to Gaza. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel)

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs also qualified reports of “cheeky lies” and stressed that prisoners had access to food, water, legal advisor and medical care.

The court documents of a hearing of October 5 before the population and the Israel migration court seem to support the official account, according to local media reports, showing that it requested the expulsion in Sweden but has filed no official complaint in detention.

In another article on X, the ministry shared that a Spanish detainee in the Thunberg flotilla would have bitten a member of medical staff from Ketziot prison.

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The Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir described participants in the flotilla as “supporters of terrorism”, saying that he was “proud that they lived the same conditions as terrorist prisoners”.

Thunberg, 22, was among around 450 activists over a dozen countries detained after the Israeli Navy intercepted the Flotilla Global Sumud of 42 boats on October 1.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists of a human rights organization met journalists in Catania, Italy, before their departure for the Middle East. (AP)

The convoy, which left Turkey one day earlier, sought to break the sea blockade of Israel of Gaza and to provide symbolic humanitarian aid.

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Other activists, such as the Turkish journalist and participating in the flotilla, Ersin çelik, told the Anadolu agency that the guards “dragged little Greta with her hair, beat her and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag”.

Fox News Digital contacted the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment.