Eight international activists from the Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen remain in Israeli custody, a rights group said on Wednesday. “The Madleen volunteers' continued custodial detention is completely unlawful,” Israeli human rights organization and legal center Adalah said in a statement.

Israel has deported Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, a day after seizing the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship on which she was sailing alongside 11 others. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thunberg flew out of Tel Aviv early on Tuesday, bound for Sweden via France, and released her photos on the flight.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war.