This came during her remarks to reporters on Tuesday at Charles de Gaulle Airport in the French capital, Paris, after her deportation from Israel.
Israel arrested 12 activists from several countries at dawn on Monday after seizing the ship "Madeleine" while it was in international waters en route to Gaza carrying humanitarian aid.
Thunberg noted that Israel had taken them to areas under its control "against their will," and that the abduction occurred in international waters. She asserted that the activists had set out to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip, and that she and her friends on the Madeleine had "not broken any laws."
Thunberg described the Israeli attack on the ship as "yet another deliberate violation of rights, adding to the list of countless violations committed by Israel."
She explained that their detention by Israeli forces "is nothing compared to what the Palestinian people are going through," referring to the genocide being perpetrated by Tel Aviv in the Gaza Strip for more than 20 months. She emphasized her determination to continue supporting Palestine and her desire to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza as quickly as possible.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority announced that four activists from the Madeleine ship, which was seized by the Israeli military at dawn on Monday, would leave the ship today, while the other eight were transferred to a detention center for refusing to sign deportation documents.
The ship was carrying a crew of 12 activists, half of whom were French nationals: Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, political activist Pascal Moreiras, environmental activist Riva Fayard, Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Omar Fayyad, medical activist Baptiste André, and journalist Yanis Mohammadi.
The crew also included Thunberg and activists: German-Turkish Yasemin Acar, Brazilian Thiago Avila, Turkish Shoaib Ordu, Spanish Sergio Toribio, and Dutch marine engineering student Marco van Rijn.
Israel engaged in piracy against the ship while it was sailing in international waters, surrounding it with boats, and soldiers were shown on a live broadcast ordering the protesters to raise their hands.
The piracy operation comes after Israeli warnings that the ship's sailing was an "illegal attempt" to break the naval blockade imposed on Gaza, according to a statement issued by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, leaving approximately 182,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, more than 11,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
