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After Hamas terror: Second Bundeswehr aircraft from Israel landed in Germany

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After Hamas terror
Second Bundeswehr machine from Israel landed in Germany

Safe: This family with four children came to Germany on the Bundeswehr’s second transport plane. photo

© Christoph Reichwein/dpa

The Bundeswehr is directly involved in getting German citizens out of Israel. A second Bundeswehr transport aircraft has now landed in Germany.

Two Bundeswehr planes with passengers flown out Israel landed in Germany. The first A400M military transporter arrived at the military airfield in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, early in the morning. According to the Bundeswehr, there were 51 passengers on board. A second transport plane landed there around 7 a.m., as the Bundeswehr announced on the online platform X (formerly Twitter). According to the information, there were 29 passengers on board. “Further flights are in preparation,” the Bundeswehr announced via the online platform X. At around 5:20 a.m. an Airbus 321 took off to enable those wishing to leave Israel to return to Germany.

A week after Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel, the Bundeswehr is directly involved in getting German citizens out of Israel – while the army there is preparing a large-scale attack on the Gaza Strip controlled by the militant Islamists. In the past few days, the Foreign Office has already supported around 2,800 German citizens and family members to leave the country.

Pistorius: Are prepared for military evacuations

Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) explained: “The Bundeswehr is in close coordination with the Foreign Office and is supporting it with the so-called rapid air pick-up. We are also prepared for military evacuations should this become necessary. I am proud that our population can rely on the rapid deployment of these forces.”

In the past few days, the Foreign Office has already supported around 2,800 German citizens and family members to leave the country. Lufthansa has put its scheduled flights from Israel on hold, but there have been special flights in the meantime.

Wolfgang Hellmich, defense policy spokesman for the SPD in the Bundestag, said: “We very much welcome the fact that the federal government is now using the available and proven capabilities of the air force to bring German citizens from Israel to safety.” Both planes had relief material on board for Israel, and the return flight would be used to evacuate German citizens. “May as many people as possible return safely.”

Israel is preparing a major attack on the Gaza Strip

The Israeli military says it is preparing for an “integrated and coordinated attack from the air, sea and land” on the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The preparations were about to be completed, it was said on Saturday evening.

A new exit option via Jordan had so far only been used to a very limited extent. The Foreign Office wanted to help people who decided to do so with bus transport to Aqaba. It also appealed to Germans wanting to leave the country to register on the Elefand crisis preparedness list. In addition, they are preparing “for all eventualities, for example in the event that the situation worsens,” it said.