60 Keralites among Indians to be evacuated from Israel

Thiruvananthapuram: Several Indians, including around 60 Keralites, currently stranded in Israel would soon be brought back to India. Efforts for their repatriation are underway, said Union minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan.Interacting with people stuck in several parts of the world, Muraleedharan said on a Facebook live programme that Union government was planning to send a flight with some Israeli nationals stranded in India back to Tel Aviv. “We are planning to send them back most probably on May 25. We are trying to bring back the stranded Indians on the same flight. Exact details of Indians stuck there are being collected. The flight service is being organised by the ministry of external affairs as part of the Vande Bharat mission,” Muraleedharan said.According to the minister, the plight of several Malayalis stuck in Tel Aviv was brought to his attention by BJP Kerala state president K Surendran who was contacted by some Malayali nurses seeking help after they lost their jobs there. “Even if the evacuation flight carrying Indians would be reaching Delhi airport only, arrangements would be made to bring all Malayali passengers, mostly health professionals, to Kerala,” he said. The efforts to evacuate Indians stranded in Israel had begun a few days ago, the minister added.