The twice-delayed flight was organized by Avia Solutions Group company Skyllence and was also delayed on Wednesday night.
As Skyllence manager Vilma Vaitiekūnaitė told LRT radio on Wednesday, 141 people and babies took off from Tel Aviv, including 97 Lithuanian citizens and 27 Israeli citizens, the rest are citizens of other countries.
The aircraft was also carrying a group of several dozen pilgrims who were in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during the weekend attack by the Hamas group.
According to the data published by Lithuanian institutions over the weekend, about 7 thousand people live in Israel. of Lithuanian citizens, about fifteen hundred stayed in the country temporarily.
On Tuesday, Lithuania sent a Spartan military aircraft to the Middle East. This transport plane with 38 seats will be in Turkey for a week in case Lithuanian citizens need other evacuation flights from Israel.
Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, invading its territory and launching rocket attacks. Israel carried out retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people have been killed in the conflict, both in Israel and in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip and has been involved in several wars with Israel since taking over the enclave in 2007. The group has been recognized as a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and some other countries.
Hamas is supported by Iran, financing the purchase of weapons, supplying them and providing military training. Hamas has a political office in Qatar, where some of its leaders are based.
2.3 million people live in the Gaza Strip. people, but since 2007, Israel, with the help of Egypt, has imposed a blockade on the territory – limiting the ability of goods and the Palestinians themselves to leave or enter the territory by water, sea or air, except for a few tens of thousands of workers.
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2024-10-01 09:48:56
