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U.S. arrange charter flights for citizens stranded in Israel
Clip: 10/12/2023 | 5m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Gov. Murphy on Thursday, spoke to United Airlines CEO on additional flights
The Biden administration announced it’ll arrange charter flights out of the Israeli war zone to sites in Europe for U.S. citizens — starting Friday. The State Department is working on whether the flights will be free. Governments from several nations, including Germany and France have sent planes to airlift their citizens out of the war zone. But the U.S. had not offered an airlift for Americans.
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U.S. arrange charter flights for citizens stranded in Israel
Clip: 10/12/2023 | 5m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
The Biden administration announced it’ll arrange charter flights out of the Israeli war zone to sites in Europe for U.S. citizens — starting Friday. The State Department is working on whether the flights will be free. Governments from several nations, including Germany and France have sent planes to airlift their citizens out of the war zone. But the U.S. had not offered an airlift for Americans.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAmericans trapped in Israel will soon have charter flights to help Ferry them from the war torn area to destinations in Europe the US government says details are still being worked out but the flights begin tomorrow the decision comes as US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin today stood shoulder-to-shoulder with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing the US will always be there but asked Israel to take every possible precaution at protecting civilian life Israel is continuing air strikes on Gaza where Hamas carried out a surprised terror attack six days ago that killed more than 1300 people in Israel including at least 27 Americans and the humanitarian crisis there is deepening more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza including nearly 500 children officials on the ground say many more are at risk of starvation with access to electricity water and other essential supplies cut off off senior correspondent Brenda Flanigan spoke with new jerseyans who've been working to get themselves and their families out you don't have a roof over the head they're sleeping on the floors in the airport a furious Duvy honig says thousands of families lined up at airports in Israel for days need help from the US government to escape as the war with Hamas intensifies most major airlines canceled flights leaving panic-stricken Americans Stranded the Lakewood resident and his family caught a last minute flight out on Turkish Airlines the day before it also suspended operations all the American flights were canceled how D the American government not intervene and say we don't let you stop uh the flights you don't you have to you have a responsibility to bring back the American people and they just dropped them cold turkey you know it's catastrophic and and the state department doesn't want to own up governments from several Nations including Germany and France have sent planes to airlift their citizens out out of the war zone this afternoon the Biden Administration announced it'll arrange charter flights out of Israel to sites in Europe for US citizens starting tomorrow the state Department's working on whether the flights will be free Governor Murphy messaged he'd spoken to United Airlines CEO and that it will add to additional flights in the coming days from Athens to Newark International I think the US should help out a little bit more and just to get them out of there because it's getting worse every single day it's getting worse Tama Collins spoke from an airport in Jordan her tour group got caught in the initial Hamas rocket attack and fled the country on a three-hour bus ride North she's booked on a flight out of Aman tonight I was lucky my my group was lucky to get out quickly and it was hard to get that bus because they're using all the buses for the military Israeli Defense Forces are massing at the border with Gaza as bombardment there continues unabated in retaliation for the October 7th Hamas Terror assault US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin again repeated us resolve to stand by Israel and at a news conference today described images of Israelis slaughtered in the Hamas attack a baby an infant riddled with bullets soldiers beheaded young people burned alive it almost defies comprehension lincol also noted Hamas uses innocent civilians as human Shields but he will be meeting with different Arab states to discuss possible safe passage for civilians to leave Gaza Palestinians in New Jersey get intermittent calls from their families in Gaza who report they're completely cut off without food water or electricity fleeing their homes running in in the dark around sometimes in the middle of the night and he hasn't heard from them since it's Civilian All Over Gaza are being Target right now and not not a single person feel safe jqu grieving his cousin and her four young children who died in one attack in Gaza he says he doesn't condone violence against anyone but the Gaza blockade and attack is a massacre of 2.3 million people okay whatever happened on on October there's nothing that I can you can tell me or can convince me to justify what's happening right now every minute people are being killed it's not just my family everybody else family the Hamas attack claimed another former New Jersey resident laor abramov his parents confirmed the death on Facebook abramov attended the Rave where Hamas gunned down hundreds of partygoers he hid in a concrete shelter but could not Escape every Israeli murdered by Hamas every Palestinian kill in Gaza is divine Sparks extinguished at a vigil last night in Manhattan people deced all the lives lost and prayed for a peaceful resolution but a former Hamas leader has called for a global day of anger tomorrow and security around the New York metro area is on high alert I'm Brenda Flanagan NJ Spotlight Newa NJ Spotlight Newa
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