Mossad Approves Flydubai Rescue Flight Evacuating Israelis from Saudi Arabia
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
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- Mossad approved a Flydubai rescue flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel.
- All Israeli citizens in Tabuk boarded the rescue flight.
- Previous passengers refused to fly Flydubai, demanding an Israeli carrier.
- Saudi authorities blocked an Israeli charter flight for those passengers.
- The rescue follows an earlier Flydubai emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has approved the departure of a Flydubai rescue flight carrying Israeli citizens from Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, to Israel. The approval came after Mossad completed background checks on the rescue team members aboard the aircraft. All Israelis who were at the Tabuk airport boarded the Flydubai plane.
Earlier, some passengers had refused to board the Flydubai flight, demanding evacuation by an Israeli airline. Saudi authorities had not permitted a charter flight from Israel to pick up these passengers. Following the completion of the security checks by Israeli authorities, the flight was cleared for departure.
This evacuation flight follows an earlier incident where a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The circumstances of that prior incident are still under review, with reports indicating the captain and co-pilot of that flight were hospitalized in Saudi Arabia. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been involved in coordinating the return of its citizens.
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