Newsletters Events
Logo Logo
The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Search

Israel diverts Gaza flotilla ships, says 'Greta Thunberg safe'

AL-Monitor
Oct 1, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Sailing boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Stefanos Rapanis/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Sailing boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Stefanos Rapanis/File Photo — Stefanos Rapanis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Several vessels of the Gaza aid flotilla have been stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port, the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate campaigner, and her friends are "safe and healthy," the foreign ministry said in a post on X alongside a video that appeared to show Greta Thunberg and several masked and armed Israeli military personnel.

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Chris Reese)