The woman, who arrived in France in July, was due to start attending classes at Sciences Po Lille university in the autumn.

She has since been deregistered, the university has said.

France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wrote on X that he had requested for the account to be closed, legal action to be taken. “Hamas propagandists have no place in our country,” he added.

Palestinians already in France through this scheme will be “subject to a new check” following “failures that brought this young woman here”, Mr Barrot added.

He said that security checks carried out by state services and Israeli authorities did not detect these “unacceptable and concerning remarks”.