Greta Thunberg has been deported from Israel after the humanitarian aid ship she was aboard was intercepted by the Israeli military and towed to the port city of Ashdod.

Greta Thunberg and three other activists who were on the intercepted ship were taken to an airport to be flown home, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

The climate activist was flying to Sweden via France a day after Israeli forces intercepted her and a group of other volunteers on a sailboat attempting to take humanitarian aid to Gaza.