Poland prepares to evacuate nationals from Israel
AFP | Warsaw, Poland
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Poland is preparing to evacuate 200 of its citizens from Israel to escape the escalating conflict with Iran, the foreign ministry in Warsaw said Monday.
"We have implemented an evacuation plan for Polish citizens stranded in Israel through Amman," the capital of neighbouring Jordan, Deputy Foreign Minister Henryka Moscicka-Dendys told reporters.
The Poles would be driven by bus to Jordan and from there put on an official plane to Warsaw, with the first flight happening in 48 hours at the earliest, she said.
"I assume we will be ready in the next few dozen hours, and the evacuation will only concern people who are stranded in Israel as tourists or for short stays," she added.
The deputy minister added that only nine Poles were currently in Iran and the ministry does not plan to arrange their evacuation.
Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Poland was "one of the first countries to take such measures".
The Israeli army has been conducting unprecedented strikes on Iran since Friday, prompting retaliatory missile barrages by Tehran.
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