At least 450 activists were aboard the flotilla, a coalition of several vessels seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to the blockaded Palestinian territory. Israeli forces detained them last week, and by Monday had deported Thunberg and 170 others to countries including Greece and Slovakia.

Israeli authorities said Monday they deported to Greece and Slovakia another 171 people detained for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, including prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Israel's foreign ministry posted on X that “the deportees were citizens of Greece,

Israel intercepted the boats at sea and detained the participants for days before expelling them. Some of the activists say they were mistreated, which Israel denied.

Israel was due to deport around 170 activists from countries around the world five days after intecepting a flotilla attempting to break naval blockade of Gaza.

Israeli authorities said Monday they deported to Greece and Slovakia another 171 people detained for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, including Thunberg.

They dragged little Greta before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag,” one of the activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla said.

ATHENS - Climate activist Greta Thunberg received a warm welcome in Athens on Monday after being expelled from Israel along with hundreds of other activists detained during a Gaza aid flotilla mission.

Greta Thunberg will be deported from Israel, where she is currently being detained in a bedbug-infested holding cell, on a Greek government-funded flight after her failed attempt to breach the maritime blockade around the Gaza Strip with an aid flotilla.

Israel says it has proof linking Hamas to the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip with climate activist Greta Thunberg aboard.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, 22, is understood to have been subjected to poor conditions and mistreatement after she was detained and arrested in Isreal following an aid flotilla mission to Gaza