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Monday, June 23, 2025
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Monday, June 23, 2025
France says drafting army aircraft to fly nationals out of Israel
A French Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft performs during an exhibition flight demonstration as part of the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris Le Bourget Airport, in Le Bourget, suburb of Paris on June 17, 2025. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
France will send military A400M aircraft to Israel to fly any of its citizens who wish to leave out to Cyprus, French foreign and defense ministries announce.
The flights will be carried out subject to Israel’s clearance and will supplement the chartered civilian flights already operating, the ministries add.
France has some 250,000 of its citizens in Israel, of whom 100,00 are registered on consular lists.
A crisis team at the foreign ministry has received more than 4,500 phone calls over the last week.
Earlier Sunday, 160 French nationals, most of them vulnerable or in urgent situations, were flown back to Paris from Jordan accompanied by a ministry doctor.
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