Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The Ghanaian government has deported three Israelis in retaliation against the "ill treatment" of Ghanaian travellers at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.

Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement posted on X on Wednesday, said the country was "compelled to retaliate" by deporting Israelis who had just arrived.

"Following the ill-treatment and unjustified deportation of three Ghanaian nationals by Israeli authorities, the Government of Ghana has been compelled to retaliate by deporting three (3) Israelis who arrived in Ghana earlier today," the statement read in part.

The West African country had earlier accused the Israeli government of subjecting seven Ghanaians to "inhumane" treatment.

Four of the seve...