Polish citizens evacuated from Israel amid rising tensions

The first group of Polish citizens evacuated from Israel landed safely in Warsaw on Wednesday morning.

Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz

The group of some 160 people  had departed from the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv and traveled via Egypt. They were welcomed aboard  the plane whch landed at the Chopin Airport in Warsaw by deputy foreign minister Henryka Mościcka-Dendys.

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Click on the audio player above for a report by Agnieszka Bielawska.

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