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Arab News
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
About 400 passengers have left Israel on US-assisted flights
The State Department is sharing information with over 27,000 people about leaving the regionThe US started some limited assisted-departure flights for US citizens WASHINGTON: The United States has helped about 400 US citizens and others to fly out of Israel since Saturday amid conflict with Iran and hopes to accommodate more in the coming days, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.'We very much know that there's still capacity, still US citizens seeking to leave Israel, that the airspace is not reliably opened up. It is incredibly dynamic,' the official State Department is sharing information with over 27,000 people about leaving the region and safety and security, the official said, up from 25,000 last US started some limited assisted-departure flights for US citizens, lawful permanent residents and their immediate family members on official said thousands had also left Israel overland for Jordan, while several hundred had departed through Egypt over the past two days. Several thousand US citizens have gone to Cyprus on ships, mostly arranged by Birthright or other private have left Iran through Azerbaijan, the official said. Turkmenistan has been restricting the entry of US citizens but is now allowing them in after weekend diplomatic State Department is aware of reports of a couple of US citizens detained in Iran in this process but has no additional information to share, the official President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Israel and Iran had reached a ceasefire deal, although violations were launched a surprise attack on June 13, hitting Iran's nuclear sites and killing the top echelon of its military missile strikes have killed 28 people in Goldstone, who arrived in Florida on Tuesday after leaving Israel through an effort to evacuate Americans organized by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Emergency Management, said his family tried any way to get out of the country but that there were not many options.'It was pretty indescribable. We left Sunday morning. There were sirens. We took a bus all the way to the Jordanian border. We spent hours at the border there trying to cross over,' Goldstone contracted the operation with Grey Bull Rescue, a Tampa-based foundation aiming at rescuing Americans from conflict zones, as well as the state's Department of wife, Donna Goldstone, said they had had to run to bomb shelters over 25 times.'Sleepless nights for the past week and a half. It has been really intense,' she said.
Yahoo
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Huckabee: State Department is evacuating Americans from Israel amid Iran conflict
The State Department has begun evacuating American citizens and permanent residents from Israel and the West Bank, U.S Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced on social media as the Israel-Iran war enters a second week. 'The Department of State has begun assisted departure flights from Israel,' Huckabee wrote in a post on X on June 21 asking people seeking government assistance to fill out a form. Huckabee also posted actions people can take to remain safe including learning the location of the nearest bomb shelters, avoiding large gatherings and monitoring local media. The State Department did not immediately respond to questions asking about the number of Americans it expects to retrieve from Israel. The conflict started a week ago when Israel began conducting airstrikes against Iranian nuclear and military sites, primarily targeting uranium enrichment facilities to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The two countries have been engaged in aerial strikes while President Donald Trump is mulling over the possibility of U.S. involvement to help Israel destroy Iranian nuclear facilities. Hundreds of Americans have left Iran in the last week, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. Trump is expected meet his national security team on the evening of June 21 to discuss possible U.S. involvement in the conflict . This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Americans are being evacuated from Israel amid war with Iran
Asharq Al-Awsat
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
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The US ambassador to Israel said on Saturday the United States has begun 'assisted departure flights' from Israel, the first time such flights have been…
Asharq Al-Awsat
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
US Begins Repatriation Flights from Israel
The US ambassador to Israel said on Saturday the United States has begun 'assisted departure flights' from Israel, the first time such flights have been offered there since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. Ambassador Mike Huckabee announced the flights in a social media post as the war between Israel and Iran enters its second week. US citizens and lawful permanent residents can complete an online form for updates, he said. The US has also told its citizens in Iran who wish to leave to go via Azerbaijan, Armenia or Türkiye if they feel it's safe.
Al Arabiya
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
State Department starts assisted departure flights for US citizens in Israel: Ambassador
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Saturday that the State Department has started assisted departure flights from Israel amid its conflict with Iran. He encouraged US citizens and lawful permanent residents in Israel and the West Bank, who want government assistance to department, to complete a form on the department's website. Developing
