Greta Thunberg and her posse of international activists will be forced to watch footage of the Oct. 7 terror attack after Israeli forces intercepted their Gaza-bound “selfie yacht,” Israel’s defense minister revealed Monday.
Israel Defense Forces captured and boarded the Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, after the Swedish activist and the others on board tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip — just hours after Israeli officials demanded they call off the stunt.
The Madleen aid vessel is manned by 12 activists, including Greta Thunberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham. Getty Images
An Israeli soldier passed water to those onboard the Gaza-bound, British-flagged yacht Madleen. via REUTERS“I congratulate the IDF for the quick and safe takeover of the ‘Madleen’ flotilla to prevent them from breaking the blockade and reaching the shores of Gaza,” Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said on X.
“I instructed the IDF to show the flotilla passengers the video of the horrors of the October 7 massacre when they arrive at the port of Ashdod,” he wrote.
“It is appropriate that the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself,” he explained.
It comes after Thunberg had claimed that she and her crew had been “kidnapped” in international waters by Israeli forces after they had set off to try to deliver aid to Gaza later Monday.
Thunberg posted a Telegram claiming that the vessel had been “intercepted” by Israeli forces. Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Telegram/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images
The ship is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which has organized aid missions to Gaza for more than a decade. Getty ImagesIsrael, for its part, dismissed the saga as a stunt, noting how the celebs onboard had posed smiling pictures for social media.
“The ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are safe and were provided with sandwiches and water,” the ministry wrote on X.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the crew to abandon their aid mission on Sunday. Freedom Flotilla Coalition
The crew said they were “abducted” by Israeli forces who boarded their ship.
Photos showed the crew, which included Irish actor Liam Cunningham, all seated on the boat with their hands in the air as the IDF thwarted their attempts to reach Gaza.
One image showed Thunberg smiling while a soldier held out a sandwich.
