The evacuation of our compatriots from Israel is still ongoing. Thanks to the construction of an air bridge, Poles are being evacuated from the danger zone more quickly. Flights from Israel to Crete are operated by crews of Hercules and CASA military aircraft, said the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak.
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The evacuation of our compatriots from Israel is still ongoing. Thanks to the construction of an air bridge, Poles are being evacuated from the danger zone more quickly. Flights from Israel to Crete are operated by crews of Hercules and CASA military aircraft
– Błaszczak wrote on Twitter.
Organization of evacuation
On October 7, the Islamist Hamas attack on Israel began. Fighters have infiltrated many cities in the south of the country. Israel was also attacked with thousands of rockets. On Sunday afternoon, the Israeli army announced that it was carrying out large-scale airstrikes on targets in the Palestinian Authority, where Hamas fighters are believed to be hiding. On the night from Sunday to Monday, the Israeli army announced that it was still carrying out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
According to information from the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau, about 1,000 Polish citizens will want to leave Israel; there will be an air evacuation on two tracks, in addition to flights from Tel-Aviv to Warsaw, three planes will take our compatriots from Tel-Aviv to Chania in Crete and from there to Poland.
Yesterday evening we managed to evacuate more than 251 people from the airport (Ben Gurion) who arrived this morning in Poland, in Warsaw, with three aircraft: a Boeing 737 and two C130 Hercules aircraft
Rau said during the conference.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has an operational center that has set up a reporting point to receive reports and provide information. There are two hotline numbers: in Poland + 48 22 523 88 80 and in Israel + 972 372 53 111. An email address is also available: [email protected].
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Source: wPolityce