That's as thousands of Americans still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights.
A Greek military transport aircraft carrying Greek and Cypriot citizens evacuated from Lebanon , is seen behind an MEA airlines, after it landed at Larnaca airport, Cyprus, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. WASHINGTON — U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 250 Americans and their relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah , while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights.
“The U.S. military is, of course, on the ready and has a whole wide range of plans. Should we need to evacuate American citizens out of Lebanon, we absolutely can,” Singh told reporters. She added, “We haven’t been called to do that.” He had been on the phone with his daughter Tuesday when the impact of a strike knocked him off his feet, his daughter, Nadine Kamel Jawad, said in a statement.
Rebecca Abou-Chedid, a lawyer based in Washington, said she paid $5,000 to get a female relative on the last seat of a flight out of Beirut on Saturday. The U.S. Embassy offered loans for charter flights, but Americans on their own could find no planes to hire, she said.
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