Nearly 3,000 Indians evacuated from Iran and Israel

The first group of 161 Indians, who had moved from Israel to Jordan, reached New Delhi by a chartered flight from Amman.

Reports suggest that nearly 3,000 Indians have been evacuated from Iran and Israel. The first group of 161 Indians moved from Israel to Jordan by road. Then, in a chartered flight, they were brought to New Delhi airport from Amman on Tuesday at 8.20 am.

Indians evacuated from Iran and Israel.

Around 3,000 Indian individuals have been evacuated from Iran and Israel. The group was received at the airport by Mos for external affairs Pabitra Margherita, said EAM spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. On Tuesday morning, the Indian Air Force’s C-17 heavy-lift aircraft flew out more than 600 citizens who had been relocated from Israel to Egypt and Jordan by road. The first group of 161 Indians, who had moved from Israel to Jordan by road, reached New Delhi airport. Another group of 165 Indians moved from Israel to Jordan were flown back to New Delhi from Amman in a C-17 aircraft. One more group of nearly 300 Indians, who crossed over from Israel to Egypt via the Taba land border, were evacuated in a C-17 aircraft from Sharm-el-Sheikh, officials said.

Evacuation of Indians from Iran.

The evacuation of Indians from Iran continued on Tuesday with a chartered flight bringing 292 Indians from Mashhad to New Delhi at 3.30 am. To date, India has evacuated a total of 2,295 of its nationals from Iran since last week.

Last week, India launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate its citizens from Iran and Israel. Initially, they were moved to Armenia by road before chartered flights were arranged from Mashhad.