Israel began deporting detained Gaza aid flotilla activists on Tuesday amid growing international objection to its extensive sea and land blockade that has been grinding Palestinians into deeper famine and bleeding.

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.

The activists had set out to protest Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of aid.