Kanta Rizal, the ambassador of Nepal to Israel, told the PTI that while some of the eighteen Nepalese nationals remained in perilous regions, others desired to return home.

“We sent 254 Nepalese citizens on the Nepal Airlines on October 12 and may look to arrange more flights to take them out,” according to her.

This flight marks the fifth operation conducted under the programme ‘Operation Ajay’, which was initiated by India on October 11 to aid in the repatriation of Indian nationals from Israel, where Hamas, a Palestinian militant organisation, is engaged in hostilities.

Minister of state (MoS) for external affairs V Muraleedharan stated on Tuesday that additional flights will be operated if necessary in view of the impending situation.

“As of now, five flights have materialized; should the situation demand it, additional flights will be operated accordingly.” “We have flown aircraft from Israel to India for the past four to five days,” the minister was reportedly quoted by ANI as saying.

“Conflict erupted in Israel, the Indian Embassy had issued an advisory, requesting the Indian citizens there to be cautious and also to register their names in the Indian Embassy…,” Muraleedharan stated.

“The Indian Embassy is taking the call on who all have to travel to India based on the requests of the people and their ground situation there,” said the diplomat.

Four chartered flights originating from Tel Aviv transported 906 passengers, including minors, last week.

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Gaza has suffered at least 2,778 fatalities and 9,700 injuries, as reported by the Health Ministry. More than 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered on October 7 by Hamas, with the overwhelming majority being civilians.

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On Friday morning, the initial charter flight enroute to extricate Indian nationals detained in Israel as a result of the ongoing conflict touched down in New Delhi. Under the auspices of “Operation Ajay,” the flight transporting 212 Indian passengers, including an infant, departed from the Ben Gurion airport in Israel on Thursday night. According to reports, the passengers were selected based on the principle of “first come, first served.”

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar uploaded images of the initial repatriation of detained citizens to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday night with the caption: “Operation Ajay commences. The flight carrying 212 passengers is enroute to New Delhi.

‘Operation Ajay’ was initiated by the government on Wednesday in an effort to repatriate stranded citizens from Israel, where the terrorist organization Hamas is engaging in intense combat. This occurred subsequent to the cessation of commercial operations by Air India and other airlines to and from Israel on October 7, when the conflict broke out.

“Operation Ajay is being initiated to facilitate the repatriation of American citizens who desire to return from Israel. Special charter flights and additional provisions are being made. “Strongly dedicated to ensuring the security and welfare of our citizens while they are traveling abroad,” S. Jaishankar had declared on X.

The Indians will be retrieved by means of specially chartered aircraft as part of this operation; if necessary, Indian Navy vessels will also be mobilized.

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Notably, there are approximately 18,000 Indian students, professionals, and merchants in Israel.

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“Operation Ajay is being initiated to facilitate the repatriation of American citizens who desire to return from Israel. In the process of making special charter flights and other arrangements. “Entirely dedicated to ensuring the security and welfare of our citizens while they are travelling abroad,” stated S Jaishankar, minister of external affairs, on the social media platform X.

The Indian embassy in Tel Aviv announced on X that the initial batch of registered Indian citizens for tomorrow’s special flight has been emailed. “Messages regarding subsequent flights will be sent to other registered passengers,” the embassy added.

The ministry of external affairs declared earlier in the day that a 24-hour control center has been established to monitor the situation in Israel and deliver aid and information. Additionally, Indian nationals have been provided with helpline numbers by the Indian embassy.

A minimum of 2,200 individuals have lost their lives as the Israel-Hamas conflict enters its fifth day. A prominent opposition leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed an emergency wartime cabinet to oversee the struggle against Hamas.

An escalating barrage of destruction by Israel against Gaza has resulted in the destruction of entire city blocks and the burying of undetermined numbers of corpses beneath debris mounds. On Wednesday, militants in Gaza maintained their barrage of missiles towards Israel, with particular intensity directed at the southern city of Ashkelon.

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India has previously demonstrated its solidarity with Israel in its conflict against Hamas, the governing party of the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Netanyahu discussed the current situation in the Jewish state via telephone on Tuesday. “I appreciate the phone call from Prime Minister @netanyahu, during which he provided an update on the current situation. The Indian people are resolutely united with Israel during this challenging period. “Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is condemned unequivocally and vehemently by India,” Modi wrote on the social media platform X.

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