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,” Israel’s defense minister,

Thunberg, one of the world’s most famous activists, claimed she and others on a Gaza-bound aid vessel were kidnapped by Israeli forces.

An aid boat carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg as well as other activists was detained by Israeli forces Monday. The

Greta Thunberg was aboard the Madleen, a Gaza-bound “aid flotilla” intercepted by the Israeli navy after it entered restricted waters.

Shortly after their arrests, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the nonprofit that has staged dozens of efforts to reach Gaza to protest Israel, posted prerecorded videos on X showing the crew members saying that they had been “kidnapped.” They called on their home governments to put pressure on Israel to release them.

The Defense Ministry announced that the flotilla was making its way to Israeli shores and that all passengers were expected to return to their home countries.

Donald Trump has called climate activist Greta Thunberg "a strange person" and recommended she attend "anger management class" following her involvement in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces.