The US has been planning this action for several days. Evacuation flights from Israel began
The ambassador wrote on the website X that American citizens or persons with permanent residence right in the US, who need support in leaving Israel and the West Bank of Jordan, should fill out the appropriate form. He also recommended people in Israel to They located the nearest shelter and avoided assembly.
About 700 thousand may stay in Israel. Americans, many of them are people with double, American-Israeli citizenship. The exact number of Americans on the territory of Israel is not known because they are not required to report their presence at the embassy.
Another evacuation flight
Earlier on Wednesday, the ambassador announced that the facility is planning to evacuate American citizens who want to leave Israel. He announced that Americans would be able to use evacuation aircraft and ships. On Friday, 79 employees and family members were evacuated from the US Embassy in Israel. The plane flew from Tel Aviv to Sofia, from where they switched to a flight to Washington. It was already the second evacuation cruise for the staff of the embassy and families this week.
The AP agency wrote that about 6.4 thousand American citizens in Israel only completed the form on Friday, asking for information on the organization of escort flights by the USA. According to the authorities' estimates, between 300 and 500 people per day may require help in evacuation. As the spokeswoman for the Department of State Tammy Bruce informed on Friday, over 25,000 people asked about the evacuation from Israel, West Brzeg and Iran.
