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Second RAF Flight Scheduled to Evacuate Britons From Israel After Initial Group Arrives

National assistance teams are deployed across the Middle East urging Britons to register for evacuation flights or arrange overland departures due to limited flight capacity

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Overview

  • On Monday, June 23, the first group of 63 British nationals evacuated from Israel via an RAF A400M jet landed at Heathrow after transiting through Cyprus.
  • A second RAF A400M flight is scheduled to depart Tel Aviv on Tuesday, June 24, with passengers due to transfer in Cyprus onto a civilian charter for the remainder of the journey to the UK.
  • Each evacuation flight is capped at about 50 passengers with seats reserved for humanitarian, medical and national security cases and availability remains limited by ongoing hostilities.
  • The Foreign Office has deployed teams to Israel, Cyprus, Egypt and Jordan to assist more than 4,000 registered British nationals and advises them to monitor local updates and seek shelter when necessary.
  • Some Britons are opting for overland departures and Israeli carrier El Al has scheduled commercial flights from Tel Aviv to the UK as alternatives to military evacuations.