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US weighing dispatching charter flights for US citizens wanting to get out of Israel

By Jacob Magid 12 October 2023, 7:54 pm Edit

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

Senior US State Department official Ned Price says on a call with American faith leaders that the Biden administration is seriously considering dispatching charter flights for US citizens looking to evacuate from Israel and will likely have an announcement on the matter later today.

The number of commercial flights to and from Israel has decreased by the day since the Saturday Hamas onslaught.

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