Evacuation

Global evacuations accelerate as Israel-Iran war shuts down airspace

The EU, United States, and numerous Asian, Middle Eastern, and African nations have initiated large-scale evacuations using military and chartered flights, land convoys, and cruise ships.

Birthright Israel participants are seen embarking on a Mano Maritime cruise ship amid evacuation from Israel, June 17, 2025
 Illustrative image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy

UK working with Israel to arrange charter flights out of Tel Aviv, Lammy says

 A missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Jerusalem, June 19, 2025.

Countries evacuating citizens from Iran and Israel

 An MSC cargo ship, carrying containers, including some from the United Arab Emirates, docks as its cargo is unloaded at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

Miri Regev says shipping giant MSC agreed to aid in rescue of stranded Israelis


Discovery of wartime bombs prompts large-scale evacuation in Cologne, Germany

Three American bombs, each with impact fuses, were found during construction work on Monday in Deutz, a bustling area on the bank of the River Rhine.

 A person works by a cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral, after the discovery of World War II-era bombs during exploratory work, affecting over 20,000 people, who had to be evacuated on June 4, 2025, in Cologne, Germany.

Jordanian authorities evacuate 1,800 tourists from Petra due to flash floods

The flooding in Petra occurred suddenly, catching tourists at prominent sites such as the Treasury, one of the site's iconic tombs.

 Petra.

IDF orders evacuation of Khan Yunis's south after Gaza rocket launch

The demand evacuations from Khan Yunis neighborhoods was announced by IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee.

 IDF soldiers operate in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 12, 2025

IDF orders broad northern Gaza evacuation following rocket fire

In addition to central Gaza and northern Gaza, the IDF has also evacuated Palestinian civilians and then attacked in parts of Khan Yunis, Shaboura, and Tel Sultan. 

IDF orders Gaza evacuation orders 26 March 2025

Palestinians will not have the right to return to Gaza, Trump tells Fox News

During the interview, Trump also stated that he would build 'beautiful' and 'safe communities' for the over two million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip.

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Trump’s Gaza bombshell reshapes diplomacy and global reactions - analysis

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Trump’s bombshell proposal on Gaza challenges diplomatic norms, forcing global leaders to rethink Middle East strategy.

 WHILE MANY were shocked by the audacity of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, no one should have been surprised that he would shake up conventional thinking about Gaza or the Mideast. Here, he meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

When flames consume everything, hope and humanity prevail - comment

As so many people’s lives and livelihoods hang in the balance, all we can continue to do is show up and offer whatever help we can.

 A firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025.

'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

On Sunday afternoon, the city of Amsterdam posted on X that protesters who defied the ban would be arrested.

 Anti-Israel protesters arrived in troves "in solidarity" with Thursday's pogrom in Amsterdam.

'Hitting us with sticks': Gazan says Hamas beats civilians attempting to evacuate

Despite statements by Gazan civilians, the United Nations human rights office said on Monday it was appalled by more than a week of heavy Israeli strikes on northern Gaza.

 Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages at Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

Israel’s 68,000 evacuees celebrate Jewish new year apart — and wonder when they will return home

Families have had to spend the Jewish holidays separated, as Hezbollah continues to fire at civilian communities.

A woman and a girl hold pet carriers and other belongings as they prepare to depart from Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 19, 2023.

What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?

Here are details on contingency planning:

 Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport where flights were being delayed, as the workers of the airport went on strike, in a protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on September 2, 2024.