BREAKING NEWS

Special flight brings home diplomats' families from Cairo

The Foreign Ministry on Saturday commissioned a special flight to bring home the families of diplomats stationed in Cairo amidst the anti-government protests taking place in Egypt, Israel Radio reported.
In addition to the family members of the diplomats, some forty other Israelis who had been residing in Egypt were brought home on the flight for fear of their safety.
Israel is the first country to evacuate citizens from Egypt.