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In Pisa, a group with brightly coloured flares stormed the airport runway, halting flights for a time, while in Naples dockworkers blockaded the port.

The GSF flotilla set sail for Gaza from Spain at the end of last month, with other boats joining from Tunisia and other ports later, the GSF said.

Israel's Foreign Ministry said those involved were being transferred to an Israeli port to be deported and all were "safe and in good health".

Protests have also hit the capital, Rabat, the main commercial city, Casablanca, and the port city of Tangier - often the arrival point for tourists going to Morocco by ferry from Spain.

They would rather the Scottish government permitted the option of a "point of entry" levy which would be charged at ports and airports.