Australia could use military flights to evacuate people from Israel, deputy PM says

Richard Marles said defence flights had ‘greater flexibility’ and could be arranged, after civilian repatriation flights were cancelledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is investigating using military aircraft to evacuate hundreds of its citizens wanting to leave Israel.The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, said on Sunday there were around 10,000 Australians in Israel with the number of those who had registered for evacuation numbering in the “high hundreds”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/15/australia-could-use-military-flights-to-evacuate-people-from-israel-deputy-pm-says

Author : Royce Kurmelovs

Publish date : 2023-10-14 23:28:46

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