US citizens and their families evacuated from Lebanon increase to 350

A third flight organized by Washington takes off from Beirut with 97 people on board

Oct. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States Department of State has reported that another flight has taken off from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, with 97 national citizens and their families on board, bringing the number of evacuees from Lebanon to 350 in the face of increased Israeli bombing. in the country.

“To date, we have helped approximately 350 US citizens, legal permanent residents of the US and their immediate family members, to leave Lebanon through flights organized by the State Department,” a spokesperson said, according to . .

The flight, with capacity for 300 people but on which only 97 have traveled, has taken off from Beirut heading to Germany. Two other planes have left the Lebanese capital this week for the Turkish city of Istanbul with just over a hundred people on board.

The spokesman for the State Department, Matthew Miller, acknowledged at a press conference the day before that the price of tickets on regional commercial airlines is high, so they are doing everything possible to organize flights so that their nationals can leave. of the country if they wish.