After the “Safe Return” operation will specify the first rescue of 49 Argentines in Israelthe national government sent a second plane which has already departed from the El Palomar Air Base towards Tel Aviv to join the airlift that the Hercules C 130.
The joint operation, organized by the Ministry of Defense, the Argentine Foreign Ministry and Aerolíneas Argentinas, added the Boeing 737 to the mission registration T99 “Islas Malvinas” of the Air Force for collaborate with the repatriation of Argentines who are in Israel during the escalation of the war after the attacks by the Hamas group.
The chancellor, Santiago Cafieroannounced the takeoff of the new aircraft and said: “A plane has just taken off. Boeing 737 bound for Tel Aviv. “It is the second plane that joins the operation to evacuate Argentines who are in Israel,” he published on his X account (former Twitter).
From the account of Operational Command of the Armed Forces They highlighted that “due to the increase in Argentine citizens registered on the repatriation lists, at the Argentine Consulate in Israel It was decided to send an Air Force Boeing 737 aircraft to join the ‘Safe Return’ operation.“, they pointed out.
The plane departed after 6:30 p.m. from El Palomar and “was expects his arrival in Tel Aviv tomorrow to be in a position to begin evacuation flights immediately, joining the C-130 Hercules that already operates in the place,” the Command reported.
The national government hopes to be able repatriate as soon as possible at 1,419 people who registered to return to the country. For now, There have already been seven Argentines dead and 15 remain missing since the beginning of Hamas attacks in Israel last Saturday.
The Argentine ambassador to Italy, Roberto Carlessaid today that the realization “in principle” of “two flights daily” of the Hercules plane from Israel to Rome.
Safe return: the repatriation operation has already begun
The first group of evacuated Argentines has already been transferred from Tel Aviv to Rome and then return to Argentina, by joint initiative of the Chancellery, the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces.
The Hercules c-130 plane departed from Tel Aviv airportwhere he had landed last night at 11:28 p.m. (Argentine time) to carry out a air bridge between Ben Gurion airport of the Israeli capital and Rome.
“Welcome compatriots to safe land. “We are in Rome,” said an officer to the Argentines who burst into applause even inside the plane, as can be seen in the video published by Cafiero on the social network.
“On behalf of the President (Alberto Fernández), the Minister of Defense (Jorge Taiana) and all the Argentine authorities I ask for a round of applause for the plane crew who came practically without resting.“he adds as the applause of the Argentines continued.
Source: Ambito
