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Carriers expand airlift to bring Israelis home; outbound flights set to begin Monday
By
Sharon Wrobel
Subject to approval by a government-led exceptions committee, diplomats, tourists, foreign youth and sports groups stranded in Israel will be able to return home from next week
First repatriation flights spirit Israelis home from Cyprus as air mission takes off
By
Sharon Wrobel
and
Rossella Tercatin
June 20, 2025, 9:50 pm
Israel is set to start outbound flights Monday as more than 50,000 citizens return home
Diplomats, tourists, youth and sports groups stuck are poised to depart on half-full planes; thousands of Israelis return home via air, sea and land border crossings
By
Sharon Wrobel
June 19, 2025, 11:32 pm
Carriers expand airlift to bring Israelis home; outbound flights set to begin Monday
Subject to approval by a government-led exceptions committee, diplomats, tourists, foreign youth and sports groups stranded in Israel will be able to return home from next week
By
Sharon Wrobel
June 18, 2025, 12:24 pm
First repatriation flights spirit Israelis home from Cyprus as air mission takes off
El Al, Arkia, and Israir planes from Larnaca and more flights from around Europe land at Ben Gurion Airport; will gradually bring back 100,000 people stranded abroad by war
By
Sharon Wrobel
and
Rossella Tercatin
June 16, 2025, 7:34 pm
Israel embarks on plan to bring more than 100,000 Israelis stuck abroad safely home
El Al opens registration for stranded passengers to map return flights; Arkia creates flight schedule for Israelis to return from Athens, Larnaca, Rome, Paris and New York
By
Sharon Wrobel
June 16, 2025, 6:11 pm
Israelis stranded abroad should ‘enjoy’ extra away time, transport minister says
Regev says bringing back roughly 100,000 Israelis will take time, to mitigate risk of planes being attacked; Israelis seeking to leave will not yet be allowed to
By
Sharon Wrobel
and
ToI Staff
June 16, 2025, 12:26 pm
150,000 Israelis stranded abroad; airline heads warn government rescue plan falls short
Outbound travel to remain banned in apparent effort to prevent crowds at Ben Gurion Airport, already a target; flights to Israel not expected to begin before Thursday at earliest
By
Sharon Wrobel
and
ToI Staff
May 23, 2025, 6:56 pm
British Airways extends flight suspension until July 31, as Aegean returns
Air France extends halt until May 26 at least, as foreign carriers struggle with decision on resuming flights; past week saw return of Wizz Air and Delta
By
ToI Staff
May 13, 2025, 5:56 pm
Foreign airlines demand passenger compensation changes to lure them back to Israel
In letter to transportation minister, 20 carriers say aviation law providing indemnity for passengers was not designed for extended period of emergency, like the ongoing war
By
Sharon Wrobel
May 9, 2025, 1:31 pm
Regev meets with Israeli airline heads as cancellations strand citizens abroad
Carriers continue to nix flights after Houthi attack on Ben Gurion Airport, with most foreign airlines still staying away
By
Sharon Wrobel
,
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
April 30, 2025, 7:15 pm
Many Independence Day events nixed, public told to avoid cemeteries amid raging wildfires
Official torch-lighting ceremony called off, rehearsal footage being aired instead; flames encroach on decommissioned tanks at Latrun after Memorial Day ceremony hastily evacuated
By
ToI Staff
April 24, 2025, 2:11 pm
Conservative groups furious as trans icon Dana International gets Independence Day honor
Eurovision song contest winner says she insisted on being recognized as symbol of liberty and liberalism, as well as culture; two groups ask organizer to remove her from lineup
By
ToI Staff
April 21, 2025, 6:02 pm
NBA player, Oct. 7 folk hero to be honored on Independence Day; singer declines
Yardena Arazi, lamenting wartime division, says she won’t join ‘Rachel from Ofakim,’ Deni Avdija, and 10-year-old Israel advocate at state ceremony on Mount Herzl next week
By
Jessica Steinberg
and
ToI Staff
April 20, 2025, 11:29 pm
Ben Shapiro to be honored at Independence Day event alongside ex-hostage, IDF officers
Choice of right-wing American pundit met with backlash from LGBT rights group; also tapped are freed hostage Emily Damari and Olympic medalist and bereaved father Oren Smadga
By
ToI Staff
and
Emanuel Fabian
March 31, 2025, 12:55 am
Report: Ben Gvir mocked by cabinet colleagues for overzealous demands to punish Gaza
Minister said to call for cutting off all power, including private generators, leading one top official to quip that Israel might also ‘turn off the sun’; Shin Bet, Mossad chiefs skip meeting
By
Lazar Berman
and
ToI Staff
February 25, 2025, 10:49 pm
Senior ministers call for resettling Gaza, expelling Palestinians, return to war
Communications Minister Karhi says ‘historic opportunity’ with Trump in White House; Smotrich urges ‘fight until victory;’ Transportation Minister Regev: ‘Take back the territory’
By
Jeremy Sharon
and
ToI Staff
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