Penny Wong warns Australians in Israel who want to leave to take first available flight
by Daniel Hurst and Tory Shepherd from World news | The Guardian on (#6FHD9)
Foreign minister says second repatriation flight is due to leave from Tel Aviv to Dubai on Saturday
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The foreign minister, Penny Wong, has urged Australians who want to leave Israel to act immediately, after the first of four Australian-government-backed repatriation flights landed in London on Satuday.
Penny Wong said on Saturday that the Qantas-operated flight from Tel Aviv landed at Heathrow airport earlier on Saturday carrying 238 people. Overall, about 825 Australians had departed Israel and the occupied territories, she said.
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