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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Greece says 27 activists detained in Israel returning home tomorrow ‘in good health’
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Greece’s foreign ministry says 27 citizens detained in Israel after participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla will return tomorrow.
The foreign ministry in a statement says a Greek embassy delegation had visited the 27 activists in detention, and “all of them are in good health and are receiving all necessary support.”
“A special flight will depart from the nearby Eilat-Ramon International Airport to safely return the Greek citizens to Athens (on Monday),” it says.
A few dozen people gathered earlier on Sunday outside the Israeli embassy in Athens to mark two years since the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack in Israel. A few hundred anti-Israel protesters were kept a safe distance away by riot police.
A separate pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protest is held at central Syntagma Square, drawing a few thousand demonstrators.
The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail last month, ferrying politicians and activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, towards Gaza. They were carrying a symbolic quantity of humanitarian aid. The flotilla aimed to break the blockade Israel imposed on Gaza in 2007 to prevent arms imports to Hamas. The Israeli navy intercepted all of the ships.
The Times of Israel Community.