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 Oct. 12 on social media it had started to evacuate its citizens, saying a first group had departed in a Hercules airplane from Tel Aviv to Rome.

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 Oct. 12 on social media it had started to evacuate its citizens, saying a first group had departed in a Hercules airplane from Tel Aviv to Rome. AUSTRALIA

Australia organised two special flights from Tel Aviv to London on Oct. 13 and Oct. 15. AUSTRIA

Austria said its armed forces started to evacuate Austrians on Oct. 11. A transport plane with a capacity of about 60 passengers took off from Austria for Cyprus. From there, the Austrians will be picked up from Israel. BELGIUM

Belgium will bring back travellers from Israel, its prime minister said on Oct. 12 on social media. BOLIVIA

Fourteen Bolivian tourists were evacuated from Israel on Oct. 11 on a Spanish Air Force flight, the Foreign Ministry said on its website. BRAZIL

A third repatriation flight carrying 69 Brazilians left Israel late on Oct. 12, following two flights carrying 212 and 211 passengers on Oct. 11 and Oct. 12, respectively, the Embassy of Brazil in Tel Aviv said. Two more flights are planned until Oct. 15. CANADA

Air Canada will operate two special flights on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 from Athens to bring Canadians and permanent residents home from Israel. About 1,000 Canadians in Israel want to leave, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said on Oct. 10.

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 on Oct. 12.

COLOMBIA A first flight with 110 Colombians seeking to return to the country landed at Catam Air Base on Oct. 13, the Foreign Ministry said on social media.

CYPRUS More than 2,500 Israelis have sought sanctuary in Cyprus, the chief rabbi on the island said on Oct. 12.

A Cypriot ministerial committee on Oct. 10 activated a repatriation scheme known as Estia, which offers temporary accommodation and assistance to EU and third-country nationals fleeing areas of crisis. Aviation officials said 11 extra inbound and outbound flights to Israel were arranged on Oct. 9. They included the scheduled repatriation of about 150 Cypriot pilgrims from Israel.

CZECH REPUBLIC Czech foreign minister 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 plane landed in Prague early on Oct. 11.

The minister did not rule out sending another repatriation flight to Israel. DENMARK

The Danish government made available a C-130 Hercules cargo plane, which can carry around 120 passengers, for the evacuation of its citizens. It said the flight would not happen before Oct. 13. FINLAND

The first evacuation flight of Finns from Israel was cancelled due to a technical problem, Jussi Tanner, director general of consular services at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, said on social media on Oct. 13. Tanner added a Swedish and Finnish joint flight, scheduled for Oct. 13, and a second Finnish evacuation flight were on schedule.

FRANCE France will organise additional repatriation flights from Tel Aviv on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14, following a special Air France flight on Oct. 12.

GERMANY German airline Condor plans two special 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 Oct. 15, in coordination with the German Foreign Ministry.

Five thousand Germans have registered to leave Israel, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Oct. 11, adding the ministry could not say how many had left so far. The government has evacuated 17 school classes from Israel.

ICELAND The Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Oct. 8 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 seven flights between Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, as part of efforts to repatriate about 900 Italians from Israel. KAZAKHSTAN

Air Astana jet carrying 124 Kazakh nationals and 42 foreigners returned home from Tel Aviv landed in Almaty late on Oct. 10, The Astana Times reported. 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, the government said on Oct. 9. Some 5,000 Mexican nationals are in Israel and some 300 have asked to leave, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

NORWAY Norwegian Air cancelled a planned evacuation flight from Tel Aviv to Oslo on Oct. 12 because of a lack of insurance cover.

POLAND Poland will send two C-130 Hercules planes to evacuate some 200 Poles from Tel Aviv. It would add more planes if necessary or liaise with Greece to ferry Polish citizens to the Mediterranean country, its defence minister said.

PORTUGAL The arrival of a Portuguese military aircraft in Lisbon carrying 22 people - eight Portuguese and 14 foreign nationals - on Oct. 12 ended the country's mission to repatriate nationals who had wanted to leave Israel, the Foreign Ministry said.

Portugal had on Oct. 11 repatriated 152 citizens directly from Israel, plus 14 people from other European countries. SOUTH KOREA

A plane carrying 192 South Koreans from Tel Aviv arrived at Incheon Airport on Oct. 11, after Korean Air sent an empty plane to bring them home. SPAIN

Spain sent two military aircraft to Israel to evacuate some 500 Spaniards. An Airbus A330 with more than 200 Spaniards, EU citizens and nationals from third countries residing in Spain, landed early on Oct. 11 in Torrejon de Ardoz military base on the outskirts of Madrid. A second plane headed to Tel Aviv on Oct. 11 to evacuate the remaining Spaniards.

SWEDEN The Swedish government will offer to evacuate Swedes from Israel and the Palestinian territories, news agency TT reported on Oct. 11, citing Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom.

SWITZERLAND Swiss citizens were brought back from Israel to Zurich on Oct. 10 on a flight operated by SWISS airline.

THAILAND Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on social media on Oct. 9 that evacuations would begin immediately, adding 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, citing the government.

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a military plane to Israel on Oct. 12, after airline KLM said it had withdrawn an offer to the Dutch government for a flight to, citing safety concerns. UKRAINE

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said on social media that more than 1,000 Ukrainian citizens had requested assistance to leave Israel, adding the first evacuation flight would be organised to Romania on Oct. 14. About 200 Ukrainians had asked to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip, but it was too dangerous to do so for now, Nikolenko said.

UNITED KINGDOM Britain's foreign office said it would facilitate flights to help citizens leave Israel, with the first such flight departing from Tel Aviv on Oct. 12.

UNITED STATES The U.S. State Department will offer charter flights to help Americans leave Israel starting Oct. 13, the White House said, after extensive talks with U.S. airlines and pressure from Congress.

United Airlines on Thursday added another extra Athens round-trip, following two flights announced on Wednesday. 

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