Saturday began deporting pro-Palestinian activists who tried to breach the Jewish state's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli navy on Fridayintercepted a Canadian vessel and an Irish boat carrying 27 activists and medical supplies which had set sail from Turkey toward the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli Immigration Authority spokeswoman said two Greek citizens were flown home on Saturday and two journalists, one Americanand one Spanish, were toboard flights on Sunday.
One Israeli citizen was released, as was an Egyptian woman who had crossed back to neighboring Egypt overnight, the spokeswoman said. Twenty one other activists were being held in custody in Israel and were awaiting deportation.