Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was set to be deported from Israel on Monday, five days after she and more than 450 others were detained when a flotilla bringing aid to Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in the eastern Mediterranean.
Thunberg, 22, will be flown to Greece, according to other activists who were aboard boats in the flotilla, with some, who have already returned home, accusing Israeli authorities of abusing and humiliating them during their detention.
The environmental campaigner told Swedish officials of harsh treatment at the hands of Israeli forces, including being held in a bedbug-infested cell, insufficient food and clean water and forcing her to pose with Israeli flags for photographs.
Activists from Spain, Switzerland and Turkey recounted inhumane treatment, including physical assault, being hooded and shackled, deprivation of food, water and sleep and verbal abuse.
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