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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

Israel-Ethiopia relations

Israelis and Ethiopian Jews board flights from Gondar and Bahir Dar to Addis Ababa, part of the Israeli government rescue operation amid fighting in northern Ethiopia August 10, 2023. (Israel Embassy in Addis Ababa)
August 10, 2023, 7:21 pm
Israel rescues some 200 citizens and Jews from Ethiopia conflict region
Flights bring group to Addis Ababa, from where new immigrants will continue to Israel; PM: ‘Israel looks after its citizens wherever they are’
By Lazar Berman and AP
Ethiopians protest in Gondar against continued intense fighting between the military and militia fighters, August 7, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 8, 2023, 2:13 am
Several Israelis said rescued, larger operation mulled, as Ethiopia clashes heat up
13 Israelis and 7 others whisked from town north of Gondar as National Security Council reportedly meets to discuss possibility of sending in armed convoy
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Terraced hills are seen off the road between Gondar and Danshe, a town in an area of western Tigray then annexed by the Amhara region during the ongoing conflict, in Ethiopia on May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
August 4, 2023, 10:08 pm
Israelis in Ethiopia’s Gondar urged to shelter in place amid intensifying clashes
Foreign Ministry says it’s in touch with 50 Israeli nationals and another 60 people eligible for citizenship in the Ethiopian city, as state of emergency declared
By ToI Staff and AP
Ethiopian Christian pilgrims attend a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem, Friday, April 14, 2017. (Dan Balilty/AP)
March 14, 2022, 10:10 am
Israel said barring Ethiopian Christian pilgrims from country, for fear they’ll stay
In letter cited by Israeli TV, immigration authorities tell tourism agencies not to let groups because of concerns they won’t return home due to ongoing civil war
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Tigrayan forces ride in a truck after taking control of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo)
November 10, 2021, 2:46 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 10 – Did Israel mistakenly rescue Ethiopian war criminals?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the war in Ethiopia and Iran’s efforts to destabilize Iraq; military reporter Judah Ari Gross on the uproar over terror designations
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ethiopian Federal Police ride through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday May 21, 2010. (AP/Jerome Delay)
February 5, 2021, 10:41 am
Report: Ethiopia arrests 16 in an Iranian cell planning attack on UAE embassy
Kan says fears of Iranian attack led to two months of high alert at Israeli mission in the African country
By ToI Staff
Tedplach Bitao, 28, rejoices as she arrives in in Israel from Ethiopia on January 22, 2021. (Avi Hayun for Keren Hayesod)
January 22, 2021, 4:04 pm
With funding from Chinese backer, 162 Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel
6th flight of Operation ‘Tzur Yisrael’ arrives with financial support from entrepreneur and Keren Hayesod; minister hails ‘the return of our sons and daughters home to Israel’
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: An Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner prepares to take off from Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare)
November 16, 2019, 10:12 am
Ethiopian Airlines names new Dreamliner plane ‘Tel Aviv’
Aircraft’s moniker said to have been a secret that was to be revealed at Ben Gurion Airport ceremony
By ToI Staff
Eritrean asylum seekers outside the Holot detention facility in southern Israel, January 29, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2019, 4:15 pm
Netanyahu says he discussed deportation of Eritreans with Ethiopian PM
Visiting Jerusalem, Abiy Ahmed offered ‘innovative projects’ to bring Eritrean asylum seekers back ‘under wonderful conditions,’ PM says in little-noticed election clip
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speak at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office on September 1, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/PMO)
September 1, 2019, 10:56 pm
Netanyahu looks to boost security coordination with Ethiopia
Premier introduces visiting counterpart, Abiy Ahmed, to mother of Avera Mengistu, an Israeli of Ethiopian origin who has been in Hamas captivity for five years
By AFP
Rescuers at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 11, 2019. (AP /Mulugeta Ayene)
April 24, 2019, 12:00 pm
Weeks after plane crash, Ethiopia still blocking access to victims’ remains
Relative of one of the 157 killed in the crash says impact site left in disarray, with belongings and remains scattered on the ground, exposed to the elements
By Judah Ari Gross
A boy looks as forensic investigators comb the ground for DNA evidence near a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
March 18, 2019, 12:38 pm
Police team dispatched to Ethiopia crash site to search for Israelis’ remains
Israeli delegation includes crime scene investigators, DNA analysts and dentists as local authorities say identification of victims may take 6 months
By ToI Staff
Israeli relatives hold the national flag at the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, seen here on March 14, 2019. (Mulugeta Ayene/AP)
March 14, 2019, 9:40 pm
Israel says Ethiopia delaying identification of plane crash victims
Foreign Ministry says that despite involvement of PM, it is still waiting for access to remains, adds many other countries have same complaint
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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