The activist boat that tried to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and was intercepted by the Israeli Navy over Sunday night reached the Ashdod Port Monday evening.

The Foreign Ministry published photos of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila as they disembarked from the Madleen boat, which had attempted to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The detained activists, including Thunberg, would be handed over to the police to be deported, Israeli officials have said.

“The ‘Selfie Yacht’ docked at Ashdod Port a short while ago. The passengers are currently undergoing medical examinations to ensure they are in good health,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier that he instructed the military to screen a video showing atrocities committed by the Hamas terror group on October 7, 2023, to the detained activists once they had safely arrived at the port.

The harrowing 43-minute video produced by the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson’s office shows uncensored, difficult-to-watch footage of people being massacred and bodies mutilated during the onslaught, much of it taken from terrorists’ bodycams.

Israeli forces took control of the Gaza-bound boat Madleen early Monday and detained the group of 12 activists who were on board, following repeated warnings to the activists against attempting to sail to the Gaza coast, which is under a strict maritime blockade.

The activist mission organized by the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel Freedom Flotilla Coalition had sought to challenge the blockade of the Gaza Strip and raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis created by the 20-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. It had planned to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to the war-torn enclave.

The group of activists also included French-Palestinian European Parliament Member Rima Hassan.

The vessel had defied repeated warnings issued by Israel to turn around since departing Sicily last Sunday. The last reported location of the vessel was at 1:15 a.m. local time, just north of Egypt’s Port Said, around 55 nautical miles from Israeli-administered waters. At around 3 a.m., as it approached Gaza, it was intercepted by the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit and the Snapir harbor security unit, a military official told The Times of Israel.

Before it was boarded, it was given a final opportunity to change course, both by the Foreign Ministry and the Navy, but again refused.

It then published a video showing an Israeli Navy soldier communicating with the boat over the loudspeaker, telling them that the maritime zone around Gaza was closed, but that the humanitarian aid could be delivered to the Strip via Ashdod Port.

Israel confirmed that it had taken control of the boat and was towing it toward Ashdod port in a statement released via the Foreign Ministry, which said that the “selfie yacht” was “safely making its way to the shores of Israel.”

“The passengers are expected to return to their home countries,” it added.