Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg has landed back home in Sweden following her deportation from Israel but has defiantly vowed to return after her failed aid mission. The 22-year-old activist touched down in her home country on Tuesday night and was welcomed back with open arms. It came just hours after she firmly told…

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View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Greta Thunberg , 22, quickly became one of the most influential activists of our time. The young adult is the leader of a passionate movement to save Earth with a simple premise: get world leaders to wake up and enact policies to help combat…

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the aid, consisting of baby formula and medicine, would be sent to Gaza through "real humanitarian channels." Israel has deported Swedish activist Greta Thunberg following the interception of the Gaza-bound aid boat carrying her and 11 others, officials said on Tuesday. The ship, operated by the…

latest  |  Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Paris, who departed Israel by plane on Tuesday after being detained aboard the Gaza-bound British-flagged yacht "Madleen". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes. Greta Thunberg on Tuesday accused Israel of kidnapping her and her fellow pro-Palestinian activists in international waters, saying she declined to sign a document…

Defence minister congratulates military for intercepting Gaza-bound ‘selfie yacht’ Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg speaks to reporters at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, after leaving Israel on a flight to Sweden via France, on Tuesday. She and other activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat were detained earlier by Israeli forces.…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel deported activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, the country's Foreign Ministry said, a day after the Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized by the Israeli military. Thunberg left on a flight to France and was then headed to her home country of Sweden, the Foreign Ministry…

Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, the day after she and other activists were detained while trying to deliver a symbolic shipment of aid to Gaza by sea. In a post on X, the ministry said that Thunberg, 22, had “just departed Israel…

Last Updated: June 10, 2025, 14:49 IST One of the French nationals detained by Israel on Monday is Rima Hassan, a Member of the European Parliament. Activist Greta Thunberg on a flight to France from Israel. (Source: X) Greta Thunberg was seen boarding a flight to France on Tuesday morning,…

Greta Thunberg has accused Israel of committing "an illegal act" after the Gaza-bound aid boat she was on was seized by the country's military. The 22-year-old climate campaigner was one of a dozen people aboard the British-flagged yacht Madleen, which set sail from Sicily, Italy, on 1 May on a…