Expressing gratitude for his son's arrival back to India, Rahul's father said, "I want to thank the government for taking speedy cognizance of the Indians stranded in Israel. Their flights had been canceled, this made their chances of returning very uncertain. We are reaping the benefits of
"Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Shri V Muraleedharan will pay his third official visit to the Sultanate of Oman on 18-19 October 2023," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by cabinet minister Dhan Singh Rawat and an official delegation who were welcomed by non resident Indians hailing from Uttarakhand at the Dubai airport.
Amid the ongoing repatriation of Indians caught up in the ongoing war on Hamas, a fellow citizen, who has made Israel his home for the last 10 years, said he stood by the country in arguably one of its darkest phases as he found his means of livelihood and earned a name for himself on its
Union Minister of State General (Retd) VK Singh informed that more flights will be carried out to evacuate the Indian citizens amid the situation in Israel.
'Operation Ajay' was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back around 18,000 Indians in Israel. Registration of Indians began on Thursday.
Under 'Operation Ajay', the fourth flight with 274 Indians onboard departed from Israel in the early hours of Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
Indian Embassy in Israel said, "The third flight of #OperationAjay has departed from Tel Aviv to Delhi. Embassy wishes everyone on board a safe journey."
As the evacuation of Indian citizens continues from Tel Aviv, all the other countries have also begun the process of evacuating their citizens from Israel.
As second flight carrying 235 Indian nationals from Tel Aviv reached Delhi airport under 'Operation Ajay' on Saturday, expressed their gratitude and thanked the Indian government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs.
A second flight carrying 235 Indian nationals from Tel Aviv in Israel, under Operation Ajay, landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday morning.
The second batch of Indian passengers gathered at the Tel Aviv airport to board the chartered flight to India under the 'Opertion Ajay' launched amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.