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World Races to Evacuate Nationals After Iranian Missile Hits Israeli Hospital and Israel Strikes Nuclear Site

Closed airspace under heavy missile fire has forced governments to reroute citizens through neighbouring countries or sea corridors.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun takes a question from a journalist at a press conference in Beijing, China January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
People arrive with their luggage before the departure of buses slated to evacuate foreign passport holders, mainly European and Polish, out of Israel, at a meeting point in Tel Aviv
This photo, provided by the foreign ministry in Seoul on June 19, 2025, shows South Koreans and their Iranian family members boarding a bus during their evacuation from Iran to Turkmenistan. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Overview

  • An Iranian missile strike on an Israeli hospital followed by an Israeli attack on a key Iranian nuclear facility mark the latest escalation in the week-long conflict.
  • China has evacuated more than 1,600 citizens from Iran alongside several hundred from Israel; bus departures via Egypt’s Taba crossing will begin on Friday.
  • The US embassy in Tel Aviv is coordinating departures by air or sea for American citizens; Australia has moved over 1,200 nationals from Israel plus 1,500 from Iran using land routes.
  • European governments have repatriated hundreds of citizens by routing them through Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria when direct air access was blocked.
  • China has repeated calls for an immediate cease-fire as the conflict intensifies a week after Israel’s initial pre-emptive strikes.