US helped Americans leave Israel with flights

24/6/2025 6:05

The United States helped

around 170 U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents and their

immediate family members leave Israel on Saturday and Sunday, a

U.S. State Department official said on Monday.



The assisted departures from Israel come as tensions have

risen in the Middle East, after U.S. President Donald Trump

joined Israel's air war against Tehran by dropping massive

bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear production sites on

Sunday morning. Since then, Iran has repeatedly threatened to

retaliate.



Iran's military said it carried out a missile attack on the

Al Udeid U.S. airbase in Qatar on Monday after explosions were

heard across the Qatari capital following Tehran's threat to

retaliate for U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear sites.



The State Department official said that on Sunday three

flights departed Israel with approximately 100 U.S. citizens,

lawful permanent residents and their accompanying immediate

family members.



The assisted departure flights began on Saturday, when the

official said the State Department organized two flights that

departed from Tel Aviv to Athens with approximately 70 U.S.

citizens, their accompanying immediate family members, and

lawful permanent residents.