Fifth flight arrives in Delhi with 286 passengers from Israel

The fifth flight carrying 286 Indian nationals including 18 citizens of Nepal arrived in New Delhi late on Tuesday night Upon arrival they were received by the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries Animal Husbandry amp Dairying L MuruganWherever Indians are stranded our priority is to bring them back We have successfully conducted Operation Ganga and Operation Kaveri now under Operation Ajay we are bringing people back from Israel This is the fifth flight and we have already brought 1180 people back home We are the first country to start the evacuation and we are also bringing people belonging to our neighbour Nepal countries the Minister saidExpressing gratitude to PM Modi government Vishal an Indian national who returned from Israel told ANI I am coming from Haifa Israel We had to follow the safety protocols given by the university The Indian government has helped us a lot we are thankful to the embassy Whereas another Indian national Ramesh said We have just returned from Israel The facilities provided by the Indian Embassy were very good We got a lot of help from the Indian Embassy in IsraelAlong with Indian nationals there were some Nepal citizens as well who were also evacuated by India under Operation Ajay Ambika a Nepali citizen who returned from Israel told ANI The situation in Israel is dangerous We were scared there were explosions I want to thank the Indian Govt for bringing us back Several Nepali citizens still stranded in IsraelFollowing the evacuation the Ambassador of Nepal to India said We would like to thank the Indian Govt for bringing Nepali citizens back from Tel Aviv to Delhi They have arrived here safely Flights are also being sent from Nepal to evacuate Nepali citizens There are around 4500 Nepalis in Israel out of which 400 have been evacuated Nepal Govt is working to bring them backOperation Ajay is an ongoing operation conducted by the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens from Israel during the 2023 IsraelHamas war The fourth flight from Israel under Operation Ajay carrying 274 Indian passengers landed in the national capital on Sunday Union Minister of State General Retd VK Singh received the Indian passengers at the airportHe interacted with them and also gave tricolours to every Indian passenger MoS for Road Transport and Highways VK Singh informed that more flights will be carried out to evacuate the Indian citizens amid the situation in Israel The Indian nationals applauded the operation and said that there was support from the Indian embassy and the evacuation process was nice and quick Operation Ajay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back around 18000 Indians in Israel Registration of Indians began on ThursdayThe Indian embassy in Israel is providing assistance to Indian companies and has set up a helpline for Indian citizens in need of assistance Earlier today Minister of State MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that if required more flights will be operated on the basis of the upcoming situation noting that five flights have already arrived in the last few daysAs of now 5 flights have come and if required we will operate more flights on the basis of the situation that emerges Muraleedharan said During the last almost 45 days we have flown aircraft from Israel to India he addedFollowing the Hamas attack on Israel the Indian embassy issued an advisory and requested the Indian citizens living in Israel to be cautious and to register their names in the Indian embassyConflict erupted in Israel the Indian Embassy had issued an advisory requesting the Indian citizens there to be cautious and also to register their names in the Indian Embassy he emphasised Moreover the minister stressed that the Indian embassy is considering the requests of Indian citizens in Israel based on the ground situationThe Indian Embassy is taking the call on who all have to travel to India based on the requests of the people and their ground situation there he said The MEA had set up a 24hour control room in view of the escalating conflict The control room will help monitor the situation and provide information and assistanceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever