First charter flight evacuating US citizens has left Israel for Europe — White House

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

The first flight specially chartered to evacuate American citizens has left Israel and is on its way to Europe, a White House spokesman says, without giving details of its destination.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby indicates that other flights would follow “for as long as there is demand from US citizens.”

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