The first flight under Operation Ajay will reach Tel Aviv on Thursday evening and is expected to arrive in India with 230 people on board on Friday morning
New Delhi: The first flight under Operation Ajay will reach Tel Aviv on Thursday evening and is expected to arrive in India with 230 people on board on Friday morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said. It said there are 18,000 Indians in Israel, which is locked in a war with Hamas following the group’s multi-faceted attack on Saturday, and about four in Gaza.
Many of those who have registered to be flown back include Indians studying in educational institutions in Israel. The Indian Embassy in Israel had posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday that its representatives had met Indian students to allay their concerns.
“As announced by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday, Operation Ajay has been launched to facilitate the return from Israel of our citizens who wish to come back. The first charter flight will be reaching Tel Aviv later tonight to pick up the Indian citizens and is likely to return to India tomorrow morning,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday.