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"We lived through a massacre": at Roissy, the relief of passengers on the first "special flight" from Israel

10/12/2023, 10:14:03 PM

Highlights: 361 people, including 20 babies, arrived in France, at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, aboard the first "special flight" Suddenly, the arrivals door opens, revealing a retired couple pushing luggage. "Grandpa! Granny! A kiss! A brown-haired girl shouts before throwing herself into the arms of her grandfather, wearing a kippah. "We lived through a massacre": At Roissy, the relief of passengers on the first'special flight' from Israel.


This Thursday evening, 361 people, including 20 babies, arrived in France, at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, aboard the first "special flight".

Suddenly, the arrivals door opens, revealing a retired couple pushing luggage. "Grandpa! Granny! A kiss! A brown-haired girl shouts before throwing herself into the arms of her grandfather, wearing a kippah. It's 21:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, at Terminal E of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the first "special flight" organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Israel is finally arriving.

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