It is estimated that tens of thousands of Israelis are overseas and struggling to find a way to return to Israel. Dozens of foreign airlines have already canceled their flights to Israel, and now there is a huge load on Israeli airlines that continue to fly, alongside several foreign airlines that still fly to Israel.
According to the Foreign Ministry, there are about 8,000 Israelis who wish to return to Israel, with the largest centers being Greece, Italy, Turkey and Thailand. It is important to emphasize that the number mentioned here is the number of people who filled out the Foreign Ministry form, and it is estimated that the number of Israelis who were not exposed or filled out the form and are interested in returning to Israel is many times higher.
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Other centers where there are quite a few Israelis looking to return to Israel are the United States, Germany, Cyprus, Spain and France. Some destinations have very few direct flights, for example France – all airlines flying between Israel and France have cancelled their flights except El Al. Anyone who was supposed to fly with Air France, EasyJet or Transavia will not be able to do so, and everyone is trying to get seats on EL AL flights from the destination.
Similar cases can be found on flights from Germany, Italy, the USA, Thailand, Turkey and many countries around the world. In conversations with many Israelis overseas, they say that many of them have received Order 8 and have been having difficulty reaching Israel for several days, and as of now it is still unclear when they will be able to return to Israel and join the army.
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