Australia could use military flights to evacuate people from Israel, deputy PM says

Richard Marles said defence flights had ‘greater flexibility’ and could be arranged, after civilian repatriation flights were cancelled

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The Australian government is investigating using military aircraft to evacuate hundreds of its citizens wanting to leave Israel.

The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, said on Sunday there were around 10,000 Australians in Israel with the number of those who had registered for evacuation numbering in the “high hundreds”.