GRETA Thunberg has been slammed and mocked after sharing a picture of a starving Israeli hostage in her post about suffering Gazans.
She uploaded a photo of emaciated Israeli Evyatar David in a Hamas tunnel alongside images of Gazans with injuries and being manhandled by the IDF.
Greta Thunberg has been blasted for sharing a photo of an Israeli hostage in a post about suffering GazansGetty
Israeli hostage Evyatar David, seen in a video released by Hamas in August, featured in Thunberg’s postAFP
Thunberg included the hostage picture alongside images of Gazans with injuries and being manhandled by the IDFUnknown
David, 24, with bones pushing through his skin, can be seen crouching down and writing on paper stuck to a wall.
He was reportedly being forced to cross off days on a calendar to track his days in captivity in the taunting video released by Hamas.
The post, shared by both Thunberg and the official flotilla page, read: “The suffering of Palestinian prisoners is not a matter of opinion – It is a fact of systemic cruelty and dehumanisation.
“Humanity cannot be selective. Justice cannot have borders.”
Israelis and other social media users were quick to spot the blunder, and blasted the eco warrior for her clear lack of diligence.
Yeela David, Evyatar’s sister, identified her brother and said: “You should make a [sic] research before you post things you don’t understand about.
“In the 6th slide you put a photo of an Israeli Hostage who Hamas starved on purpose . This is Evyatar David.”
“Every minute you are not deleting the post you are becoming a bigger joke. Embarrassing.”
Israeli model Noa Cochva, named Miss Universe Israel in 2021, wrote: “If you really cared about your beloved Palestinians, you’d put Evyatar face front and centre and demand one thing: Bring every hostage home now.
“‘Release them. Dismantle Hamas. That’s literally the only thing that can end this war.
“Stop using our tragedy for your personal PR and start doing what can actually END THE WAR. ‘Bring them home’ is all you should be saying.”
Thunberg shared the post on Monday – the same day she was deported from Israel to Greece after being detained alongside the 170 other activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla.
The flotilla said it aimed to break the naval blockade and deliver much-needed aid to the Gaza strip.
Just as with Thunberg’s attempt in June, Israeli forces boarded the boats and scooped up the activists.
Hostages have been paraded by heavily-armed Hamas fighters before their release – here Shoham (L) and Avera Mengistu (R)EPA
Protests in Tel Aviv organised by the families of the hostagesAFP
In a statement posted to X, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said at the time: “Several vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port.
“Greta and her friends are safe and healthy”.
Footage of the arrests showed the boaters with life jackets on and their hands up.
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla claimed Israeli troops “illegally intercepted” their journey – just hours after they were circled by a warship.
On Tuesday, Thunberg made the bombshell allegation that she and her flotilla mates were “kidnapped and tortured” by Israeli authorities.
She refused to specify exactly how, but claimed she didn’t get clean water and that other detainees were deprived of critical medication.
Israel has repeatedly denied mistreating the detainees.
This flotilla was made up of more than 40 civilian boats carrying an estimated 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists, including Thunberg.
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A press conference in Sweden after Thunberg returnedAlamy
On Wednesday morning, Israel confirmed that it intercepted yet another “futile” Gaza-bound flotilla.
The foreign ministry said on X that all passengers were “safe and in good health” and would be “deported promptly”.
Thunberg’s latest stunt came after the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification described the situation in Gaza as “entirely man-made” .
It further warned that severe malnutrition was spreading across the war-torn Strip.
In August, at least 251 civilians have died as a result of malnutrition with just under half being children, according to the latest numbers from the Gaza health ministry.
The declaration marks just the fifth time famine has been declared since the classification was established in 2004.
The latest intervention of the flotilla was controversial and triggered mass demonstrations, threats of strikes, and diplomatic censure.
The British government has said it was “very concerned” about the interception of the group – which included 13 British citizens.
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