The Argentine citizens arrived in Santiago aboard a Chilean air force plane. The evacuation occurred due to Israeli bombings in Beirut.
Seven Argentines were evacuated from Lebanon on a flight Chilean Air Force along with 50 Chilean citizens and 10 Peruvians, in a first humanitarian evacuation due to the war between Israel and the Islamist movement Hezbollah. The plane landed this Tuesday in Santiago.
The flight, which arrived around noon (3:00 p.m. GMT) at the international airport of Santiago, had “the objective was to evacuate Chileans who were in Lebanon, a country affected by the conflict in the Middle East”The Chilean Foreign Ministry reported in a statement.
Among the 67 evacuees there were also 10 Peruvians and seven Argentines, who will soon travel to their countries of origin. The flight of the chilean air force carried a humanitarian load towards Beirut, mainly of remedies and others medical supplies.
“The plane, which took off on Sunday after 1:30 p.m. from Santiago, also fulfilled the objective of carrying a load of humanitarian aid to Beirut, which included contributions from the Government and the Lebanese community in Chile, mainly medicines and supplies. On the way to Lebanon, the flight had to stop in the Canary Islands, Spain, and in Athens, Greece. On its way back to Chile, it made a stop in Dakar, Senegal,” the Foreign Ministry reported.
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Chile Foreign Ministry
Israel deepens attack in Lebanon against Hezbollah
After almost a year of cross-border crossfire, the israeli army It started on September 23 bomb south and east Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, in response to attacks by the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.
Since October of last year, More than 2,000 people have died in Lebanon and more than a thousand of them since September 23, according to an AFP count based on official figures. More than a million people have been forced to move.
Israel launches this offensive in parallel to its attacks on the Gaza Strip, ruled by the Islamist group Hamas, which began after the unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil that caused the death of 1,206 people, most civilians.
In Loop More than 41,965 Palestinians have died, also mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Loop, that the UN considered reliable.
Source: Ambito
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