According to the Biden administration, as Israel gets ready to step up retaliatory operations against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. government will start running evacuation aircraft to help Americans evacuate Israel.
John Kirby, the spokesman for national security at the White House, said on Thursday that the United States would organize charter flights from Israel to locations in Europe and the evacuation would kick in today 13th October.
“We’re still working out some of the specifics of that to help Americans and their close relatives. Beginning tomorrow(Today), United States government will arrange charter flights to provide transportation from Israel to sites in Europe,” He said.
The evacuation flights are anticipated to start flying as soon as this today,Friday. At least four charter aircraft each day departing from Israel via Frankfurt, Germany, are being organized by the American government.