The final vessel on the Gaza aid flotilla has docked in Cyprus, the island’s government said on Friday.

The Marinette continued to sail, diverting its route after every vessel was stopped by the Israeli military.

A government spokesperson said that the ship, carrying 21 foreign nationals, asked to dock in Larnaca for refuelling and humanitarian reasons.

Dozens of activists taken off a flotilla of yachts in international waters by Israeli commandos will be incarcerated at the notorious Ketziot prison in the Negev desert.

Omer Shatz, an Israeli international law expert at Sciences Po University in Paris, said unlike where flotilla activists were held the last time, Ketziot was a high-security prison that did not normally hold immigration detainees.

Israeli forces have intercepted boats carrying aid for Gaza, thwarting the latest attempt by activists to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory and deliver supplies to its starving population.

As happened after previous attempts to breach the blockade, the detained activists were taken to Israel where they faced deportation, according to Israel's foreign ministry.

Some of those on the flotilla, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, had also been detained by Israeli authorities during previous attempts to break the blockade.

In the past, activists detained by Israel were not criminally prosecuted and instead their presence was treated as an immigration matter.

Adalah, a human rights organisation and legal centre in Israel, represented aid flotilla participants who were detained by Israel.

Suhad Bishara, the organisation's legal director, told Reuters that her team was awaiting the arrival of those detained overnight in the port of Ashdod, 40km north of the Gaza Strip.

She said once the flotilla crews arrived, they would be identified and transferred to the immigration authority to process them for anticipated deportation, before being moved into custody, likely in the Ketziot prison in southern Israel.

The UN has commented on the Israeli interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

“As the occupying power, Israel must ensure food and medical supplies for the population to the fullest extent of the means available, or to agree to and facilitate impartial humanitarian relief schemes, delivered rapidly and without hindrance," UN spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said in an email to Reuters.

Mr Al-Kheetan called on Israel to respect the rights of detained volunteers.

One of the flotilla’s vessels - the Mikeno - appeared to have got close to Gaza’s coast into the Palestinian territorial waters. However, the ship was later intercepted.

“Mikeno, sailing under the French flag, may have entered Palestinian territorial waters according to AIS data, but remains out of contact,” the Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement on Thursday.

At least 14 Irish citizens were detained after Israel intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.

Simon Harris, who is also the Foreign Affairs Minister, said there may be two other citizens whose presence is still being verified.

There are no reports of injuries among the Irish citizens, he said.

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Police sprayed tear gas on protesters in Geneva, Switzerland as they marched in support of the Gaza flotilla, eyewitnesses told Reuters news agency, which the police confirmed.

"We were retreating and suddenly got heavily gassed," an eyewitness told Reuters, describing a burning sensation in their eyes and difficultly breathing.

Israel's interception of the flotilla sparked protests in Geneva and Bern, as well as in Italy and Colombia.

The Israeli foreign ministry has announced that the Global Sumud’s Flotilla “provocation is over”.

None of the “provocation yachts has succeeded in its attempt to enter an active combat zone or breach the lawful naval blockade”, the Israeli foreign ministry wrote on Thursday.

“All the passengers are safe and in good health. They are making their way safely to Israel, from where they will be deported to Europe.”

As Marinette and Mikeno appear to continue, it warned: “One last vessel of this provocation remains at a distance. If it approaches, its attempt to enter an active combat zone and breach the blockade will also be prevented.”