Activists including Greta Thunberg were met with cheers as they arrived at a Greek airport on Monday, after being detained in Israel, and then deported, for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Israel prevented the Global Sumud Flotilla from reaching the Gaza Strip last week, detaining 471 people who were on board the vessels.

Israeli authorities said on Monday that they had deported some 171 detainees, sending them to Greece and Slovakia. This brought the number who have so far been deported to 341.

Thunberg, holding a bouquet of roses and sunflowers, raised her arm in a fist as people clapped at the airport in Athens.

Before the group emerged, there were chants of "free free Palestine" and "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" among the crowd.

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