Nine French activists who arrived in Israel overnight and "caused trouble" at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, have been expelled, an interior ministry official said on Wednesday.
"These nine pro-Palestinian activists caused trouble and some violence on board the plane they were travelling on from Athens and at the terminal," spokeswoman Sabine Haddad told AFP.
Throughout the course of the day, Israel prevented 79 activists from entering the country, half of whom have been returned home.
Another 40 who were refusing to leave voluntarily were still awaiting deportation, Haddad said, indicating they would be expelled at the earliest possible opportunity and barred from returning to Israel for five years.