Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and 170 other members of the intercepted Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla were deported from Israel on Monday to Greece and Slovakia, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Photos shared by the ministry showed Thunberg and other deportees making their way through the Ramon International Airport in southern Israel in prison-issue gray sweatsuits and white t-shirts.

The deportees hail from Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, the UK, Serbia, and the United States, said the ministry.

The flights to Greece and Slovakia brought the number of Sumud flotilla activists deported by Israel to 341, with 138 remaining.

At Athens International Airport, activists unfurled a huge Palestinian flag in the arrivals hall and chanted “Freedom for Palestine” and “Long live the flotilla!” to welcome Thunberg and the other activists back to Europe, AFP reporters saw.

On arrival at the airport, Thunberg called the Global Sumud Flotilla “the biggest ever attempt to break Israel’s illegal and inhumane siege by sea.”

“That this mission has to exist is a shame!” she added, urging the world to act to prevent Israel’s “genocide” of the Palestinians.

“We are not even seeing the bare minimum from our governments,” Thunberg said.

Arriving home, several detainees have complained of abuse and harsh conditions during their time in Israeli custody.

Thunberg said she could “talk........

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