Overview

• The Foreign Office operated its first commercial charter from Amman to Frankfurt on June 18 with about 171 registered Germans and plans further flights if demand and security allow.
• Over 4,000 Germans in Israel and more than 1,000 in Iran are listed on the Elefand crisis register for potential evacuation support.
• Lufthansa Group has halted services to and from Tel Aviv and Tehran until at least July 31 and pushed back cancellations for Beirut, Amman and Erbil into late June.
• Evacuees must independently arrange land crossings into Jordan, dealing with visa-on-arrival procedures and border wait times without government-led convoys.
• Some travelers and lawmakers have criticized the pay-per-seat strategy and limited logistical assistance compared with convoy evacuations organized by other countries.