Kirby: The United States will begin evacuating its citizens from Israel on charter flights from October 13
10/12/2023, 5:44:38 PM
Highlights: The United States will begin evacuating American citizens from Israel on charter flights from Friday, October 13. U.S. President Joe Biden has instructed the administration to provide assistance to Americans who want to leave Israel. Washington is considering not only air evacuations, but also land and sea evacuations. Earlier it became known that the United States evacuated American servicemen who arrived for the exercises from the territory of Israel after the attack of the Palestinian movement Hamas. It is not known if the American serviceman were evacuated from Israel.
The United States will begin evacuating American citizens from Israel on charter flights from Friday, October 13, said John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the White House National Security Council.
"Starting tomorrow, the U.S. government will organize charter flights from Israel to Europe," Kirby said.
He added that U.S. President Joe Biden has instructed the administration to provide assistance to Americans who want to leave Israel.
According to Kirby, Washington is considering not only air evacuations, but also land and sea evacuations.
Earlier it became known that the United States evacuated American servicemen who arrived for the exercises from the territory of Israel after the attack of the Palestinian movement Hamas.