Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Israel sending plane to Colombia to rescue backpackers
Israel is sending a plane to Bogota to pick up some 150 Israeli backpackers stranded in Latin America, the Foreign Ministry says.
The El Al plane will leave Tel Aviv for Colombia on Wednesday night, the ministry says.
“The worried families of the backpackers in Colombia can smile,” says Foreign Minister Israel Katz. “Israel doesn’t abandon its children.”
