South Korean government ``dispatch'' military transport planes to Israel...helping 163 South Koreans and 51 Japanese citizens return to the country

As the armed conflict between the Palestinian armed group Hamas and the Israeli military intensifies, the South Korean government has dispatched a rapid response team to assist South Koreans staying in Israel to return to the country.
A military transport aircraft (a KC-330 multi-purpose supply tanker) was dispatched. South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) officials said on the 13th, ``The government has confirmed that the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas, which began on October 7th, has escalated rapidly.
As the situation worsens and military operations in the Gaza Strip are predicted to be imminent, flights by airlines including Korean Air have been suspended or canceled, making it difficult for our people to return to the country. is necessary
"We have decided to send military transport aircraft to Israel." The military transport plane departed to Israel at noon on the 13th and arrived in Tel Aviv on the evening of the 13th (local time).
The military transport plane carrying 163 South Korean citizens (81 long-term residents and 82 short-term tourists) who wished to return to the country departed from South Korea at dawn on the 14th and is currently flying in a safe area. I'm in the middle of the night.
It is scheduled to arrive at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Yonggi-do (Gyeonggi-do). Through this military transport plane's support for the return of South Koreans to the country, 51 Japanese nationals and 6 Singaporean nationals were given humanitarian aid.
People also came on board and offered their cooperation in allowing them to depart from Israel. An official from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, ``In the past, during the COVID-19 virus infection situation and in Sudan,
During the Pramis rescue operation, there were many cases in which South Korea and Japan provided air cooperation in emergency situations overseas."
This step was taken because we first proposed to the Japanese side that we could cooperate if we had the time.''
He added, ``Even after the successful completion of this return to the country support operation,
For the safety of the 470 Korean citizens remaining in El, we plan to recommend that they be able to escape from Israel by moving to a safe location by land or by air to a third country." Ta.