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Katz: Thunberg and the other detained flotilla activists refused to watch film of Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz says the detained activists from the boat that intended to break Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip refused to view a video showing atrocities committed by the Hamas terror group on October 7, 2023.
“Greta [Thunberg] and her flotilla companions were taken into a room upon their arrival for a screening of the horror film of the October 7 massacre, and when they saw what it was about, they refused to continue watching,” Katz says in a statement.
“The antisemitic flotilla members are turning a blind eye to the truth and have proven once again that they prefer the murderers to the murdered and continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, adults, and children,” he adds.
The detained activists are set to be deported, and the small amount of aid they brought will be sent into Gaza, Israeli officials have said.
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