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London: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg could be detained in a prison cell for terrorists if arrested trying to reach Gaza, Israel Hayom newspaper reported.

She is currently on the Global Sumud Flotilla that left Spain on Sunday for the Palestinian enclave.

The flotilla, which will be joined by other boats along the way, aims to break the siege of Gaza and raise awareness of developments as Israel steps up its military campaign.

However, Israel is expected to stop the flotilla before it reaches Gaza, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has drawn up plans to send the activists to the Ktzi’ot and Damon detention centers if arrested, Israel Hayom reported.

Ktzi’ot is Israel’s largest prison, located in the Negev desert. Damon is notorious for its poor treatment of female prisoners, especially Palestinians.

“Following several weeks at Ktzi’ot and Damon, they’ll be sorry about the time they arrived here. We must eliminate their appetite for another attempt,” sources close to Ben-Gvir told the newspaper.

Thunberg was arrested along with 11 other activists while taking part in the Madleen flotilla in June.

At the time, Thunberg said she and her fellow activists “were kidnapped in international waters …We were well aware of the risks of this mission. The aim was to get to Gaza and to be able to distribute the aid.”

She said before departing on Sunday that more than 26,000 people had signed up to be part of the efforts to break the siege of Gaza, where international observers have warned of widespread famine.

She told Iran’s Press TV that the Global Sumud Flotilla would “deliver humanitarian aid and break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza and open up a people’s humanitarian corridor.”

Thunberg said: “This project is part of a global uprising of people standing up … When our governments fail to step up, the people will take their place … Their atrocities and their complicity in the genocide in Gaza right now … is not something that we can stand for.”

She told the UK’s Sky News: “It is not antisemitic to say that we shouldn’t be bombing people, that one shouldn’t be living in occupation, that everyone should have the right to live in freedom and dignity no matter who you are.

“For every politician that is fueling the genocide further, environmental and climate destruction, and further colonization and fascism, there will be people escalating the resistance against that.”