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Two Irish people who were seized by Israeli forces aboard a boat carrying aid to Gaza are to be deported to Ireland tomorrow.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maireád Maguire (65) and Derek Graham (40), a former Defence Forces member, were detained with 21 passengers and crew aboard the Free Gaza Movement’s Spirit of Humanitylast week, accused of entering Israel illegally.