Activists are expected to fly out with a chartered plane to Greece. There, they will get to meet staff who will review their well-being and document their experiences, according to the activist group Global Movement to Gaza Sweden.
They will probably spend one night in Athens before being flown home to Sweden on Tuesday.
Our primary focus now is to review their well-being and ensure they can return home to their relatives as soon as possible, says spokesperson Anna Fransson.
She refers to information from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that it concerns all nine Swedes, including Greta Thunberg.
In total, 170 of the activists who are being held in Israel are expected to be deported on Monday, announces Miriam Azem from the organization Adalah, which provides the group with legal assistance.
The activists have been held in the desert prison Ketziot since the convoy they were traveling in, with the intention of breaking the blockade against Gaza, was stopped by the Israeli military last week. About 130 are estimated to remain in the prison.
Activists who have been interviewed say that Greta Thunberg, among other things, has been dragged by the hair and forced to kiss the Israeli flag. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says that the government takes the information seriously.
We do not accept that any Swede is treated badly. But we have to see what information can be confirmed, he says.
