The foreign minister said new chartered and military flights were scheduled to pick up Australians from Israel on Sunday.
Australians in Lebanon are being pressed to return home as the Israel-Hamas conflict escalates and the Australian government hurries to evacuate citizens out of the bombarded Gaza Strip., Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed new chartered and military flights were scheduled to pick up Australians from Israel on Sunday, Australian time.
“I am now saying to Australians, if you are in Lebanon, you should consider whether your need to remain there is essential,” Wong said on Sunday.Labor, the Coalition and the Greens will each seek to move motions in parliament this week, with each likely to contain variations in language that reflect the gamut of political opinion on the sensitive issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
International media outlets reported Israel was soon expected to launch its biggest ground operation since it invaded Lebanon in 2006, beginning an offensive in the narrow and densely populated sliver of land populated by 2 million people in an attempt to wipe out the leadership and operations of the Hamas terrorist organisation that governs Gaza.
Highlighting the political sensitivities of faulting Israel after Hamas’ brutal killing of 1300 civilians, Wong acknowledged her previous comments but said it was not the time to discuss the matter.
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