FACTBOX-Governments repatriate citizens from Israel

Governments around the world have arranged repatriation flights from Tel Aviv in reaction to the conflict in Israel.

Here is a list of the governments that have organised chartered flights and repatriation schemes to help their citizens leave Israel: ARGENTINA

The Argentinian foreign ministry said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that it has started to evacuate Argentinian citizens who are in Israel. It said a first group had departed in a Hercules airplane from Tel Aviv to Rome, and will later travel to Argentina.

AUSTRALIA Australia organised two special flights on Friday and Sunday to bring back citizens from Israel, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday.

AUSTRIA Austria said its armed forces started to evacuate Austrians from Israel on Wednesday. A transport plane with a capacity of about 60 passengers took off from Hörsching airbase in Upper Austria for Cyprus. From there, the Austrians will be picked up from Israel.

BELGIUM Belgium will bring back travellers from Israel, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Thursday in a post of social media platform X.

BOLIVIA A total of 14 Bolivian tourists were evacuated from Israel on Wednesday on a Spanish Air Force flight, the Foreign Ministry wrote on its website.

BRAZIL A repatriation flight for Brazilian nationals with 212 passengers onboard was expected to land in Brasilia early on Thursday, following a flight carrying 211 passengers on Wednesday, the Embassy of Brazil in Tel Aviv said.

It added that four more flights are planned until Sunday. CANADA

Canada plans to operate evacuation flights for Canadians stranded in Israel, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday. About 1,000 Canadians in Israel want to leave, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said. CHILE

A total of 209 Chileans have been evacuated to Athens and Madrid from Israel on three Boeing 737 flights, the Foreign Ministry said on social media platform X on Thursday. COLOMBIA

A first flight with Colombians seeking to return to the country has taken off from Israel, the Foreign Ministry said on social media platform X on Thursday. CYPRUS

More than 2,500 Israelis have sought sanctuary in Cyprus, the chief rabbi on the island said on Thursday. A Cypriot ministerial committee on Tuesday activated a repatriation scheme known as Estia, which offers temporary accommodation and assistance to European Union and third-country nationals fleeing areas of crisis.

Aviation officials said 11 extra inbound and outbound flights to Israel were arranged on Monday. They included the scheduled repatriation of about 150 Cypriot pilgrims from Israel. CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky brought 34 Czech citizens back from Israel with him on his government plane after he stopped in the country on his return from a conference in Oman. The minister, who was the first foreign official to visit Israel since the attacks, the Czech government said, did not rule out sending another repatriation flight to Israel. Lipavsky arrived in Israel on Tuesday and landed in Prague early on Wednesday.

DENMARK The Danish government made available a C-130 Hercules cargo plane, which can carry around 120 passengers, for the evacuation of its citizens, a foreign ministry spokesperson told Reuters.

The ministry said, however, the flight would not happen before Friday. FINLAND

Finland will offer to evacuate its citizens and holders of permanent Finnish residency from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, daily Iltalehti reported on Wednesday, citing Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen. FRANCE

France will organise additional repatriation flights from Israel's Tel Aviv airport on Friday and Saturday, the foreign ministry in Paris said on Thursday. French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna had said on Tuesday there would be a special Air France flight on Thursday to help repatriate French nationals.

GERMANY German airline Condor said on Thursday it plans two special Airbus flights with a capacity of just under 500 passengers in total to evacuate German citizens from the Jordanian city of Aqaba near the Israeli border on Sunday, in coordination with the German foreign ministry.

Five thousand German citizens have registered to leave Israel, a German Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding the ministry could not say how many have left so far. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the government evacuated 17 school classes from Israel.

ICELAND The Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday a plane with 126 Icelanders, five Faroese, four Norwegians and a group of 12 people from Germany, as well as the flight crew and representatives from the ministry, had left for Keflavík in Iceland.

A foreign ministry spokesman said the flight was chartered and paid for by the Icelandic state. ITALY

Italy arranged for seven flights between Tuesday and Wednesday, the Italian foreign ministry said late on Tuesday, as part of efforts to repatriate about 900 Italian citizens from Israel. KAZAKHSTAN

Air Astana said on Monday it was coordinating a repatriation flight scheduled to depart on Tuesday. The Astana Times on Wednesday reported that 124 Kazakh nationals and 42 foreigners had landed in Almaty late on Tuesday. MEXICO

The latest flight bringing home Mexicans from Israel landed on Thursday. The Mexican army is carrying out humanitarian flights aimed at bringing home nationals from Israel, the government said on Monday. Some 5,000 Mexican nationals are in Israel and some 300 have asked to leave, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

NORWAY Norwegian Air cancelled a planned evacuation flight from Tel Aviv to Oslo on Thursday because of a lack of insurance cover, the carrier said.

POLAND Poland will send military planes to evacuate its citizens from Israel, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Sunday. Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Poland was sending two C-130 Hercules planes to evacuate some 200 Poles from Ben Gurion Airport.

PORTUGAL The Portuguese foreign ministry said the arrival in Lisbon on Thursday of a Portuguese military aircraft carrying 22 people - eight Portuguese and 14 foreign nationals - ended the country's mission to repatriate nationals who had wanted to leave Israel.

On Wednesday, Portugal had repatriated 152 Portuguese citizens directly from Israel, plus 14 citizens from other European countries. SOUTH KOREA

A plane carrying 192 South Koreans from Tel Aviv arrived on Wednesday at Incheon Airport, just outside the capital Seoul, after Korean Air sent an empty plane to bring them home. SPAIN

Spain has sent two military aircraft to Israel to evacuate some 500 Spaniards, Acting Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday. An Airbus A330 of the Spanish Air Force with more than 200 Spaniards, EU citizens and nationals from third countries residing in Spain, landed early on Wednesday in Torrejon de Ardoz military base on the outskirts of Madrid, the defence ministry said.

A second military plane was heading to Tel Aviv to evacuate the remaining Spaniards in Israel on Wednesday. SWEDEN

The Swedish government will offer to evacuate Swedes from Israel and the Palestinian territories, news agency TT reported on Wednesday, citing Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom. SWITZERLAND

Swiss citizens were being brought back from Israel to Zurich on Tuesday on a flight operated by SWISS airline, the foreign ministry in Bern said on Monday. THAILAND

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday, said evacuations would begin immediately, adding that the first group of 15 Thais, some of them injured, would arrive home on Oct. 12 on a commercial airliner. THE NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands will continue repatriation flights to get citizens out of Israel for as long as necessary, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thursday, citing the government. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday it would send a military plane to Israel on Thursday, after Airline KLM said it had withdrawn an offer to the Dutch government for a flight to Israel to take Dutch citizens out of the country, citing safety concerns.

UKRAINE Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said on Facebook that more than 1,000 Ukrainian citizens had requested assistance to leave Israel, adding that a first evacuation flight would be organised to Romania for Saturday.

Nikolenko also said about 200 Ukrainians had asked to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip, but that it was too dangerous to do so for now. UNITED KINGDOM

Britain will facilitate flights out of Israel to help its citizens leave the country, with the first such flight due to depart Tel Aviv later on Thursday, the foreign office said in a statement. UNITED STATES

Delta Air Lines said on Monday it was working with the U.S. government as needed to assist with the repatriation of U.S. citizens who want to return home. (Compiled by Alessandro Parodi, Tristan Chabba, Joao Manuel Mauricio in Gdansk; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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