Hundreds of Australian Touch Down as Evacuation Flights From Lebanon Continue

Published on October 8, 2024

Nearly 350 Australians fleeing Lebanon have arrived in Sydney on a government-assisted repatriation flight amid the conflict in the Middle East. This comes as Israel launches—what the White House has called—”limited, targeted operations” against Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon. On Oct. 8, Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said the government had helped more than 1,000 Australians leave Beirut to date. “But there are still over 3,000 people indicating they would like to leave Lebanon. So, it is really important that we continue working on this, but we do have to be mindful of the security situation along with a number of other factors,” she said on the Today Show on Oct. 8....

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