Efforts to repatriate Australian citizens from Israel are set to begin with two flights from Tel Aviv on Friday while a third has been flagged.
Australian citizens seeking to return from Israel are expected to be offered a further flight next week while two Qantas flights will begin evacuating Australians on Friday. An estimated 10,000 Australian residents and tourists were believed to be in Israel when the militant group Hamas launched the surprise dawn attack on Saturday night. Australian authorities are still trying to ascertain their status and bring home those who want to leave.
"There are so many Australians in the area that it's not completely clear. How many are there, let alone how many are unaccounted for," Albanese said. It comes after Wong confirmed the death of Australian grandmother Galit Carbone on Wednesday morning. Carbone, 66, was killed at the Be'eri kibbutz, about nine kilometres from the Gaza Strip. Wong conveyed her deepest condolences to Carbone's family and their loved ones.
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