On Monday morning, they had chartered a flight from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. When evening came, it had been cancelled. They were again fixed indefinitely. Earlier on Tuesday, everyone boarded a Smartwings plane at Ramon Airport in Eilat, after a four-hour drive through the desert. The plane landed at Oslo Airport at 23.18 on Tuesday, according to Flightradar24. Bjarte Ystebø has been given the responsibility of acting as tour guide for 190 Norwegians in Israel. He believes that the support from the Norwegian authorities has been poor. – People come here, smile and laugh, and are so happy that they got out of this dangerous area, said their tour guide, former KrF politician Bjarte Ystebø, to news earlier today. – We are very grateful that we are so privileged to be here now, and that we will be in Oslo in five and a half hours. Israel now has control over the border with the Gaza Strip, and is said to have carried out attacks against 200 targets in Gaza on the night of Tuesday. The situation is still unclear and very tense. Here, parts of the traveling party to Ystebø board the plane at Ramon Airport in Eilat. Photo: Bjarte Ystebø / Private There will still be several hundred before the departures on Tuesday evening, 600 Norwegians were still in Israel and Gaza, reports the Foreign Ministry. One of them is Miriam Benaim, who is staying in her father’s flat in Tel Aviv, where she says on Tuesday that she has had to go down to the bomb room several times due to missile attacks. Benaim was supposed to go home to Norway on Sunday, but postponed it because she didn’t feel it was safe, she says to news. – I have changed the flight to first Sunday, but then we get news that it will most likely get worse here. So I have to try to get home. Many flights in Israel were canceled during Monday. Photo: private – Before Thursday it was completely full. I can only hope that it will be fine to get to the airport, and that it won’t get worse before then. FRP leader Sylvi Listhaug demands that the Norwegians who are fasting must get more help to get home. – As far as we know, it is only private initiatives that have helped Norwegians so far, while, for example, Poland and Hungary have sent planes to collect their citizens, she says to NTB. Listhaug believes that both the hiring of civilian aircraft and the use of military transport aircraft should be considered. Foreign Ministry: – Working around the clock State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andreas Kravik (Ap), told news shortly after 3pm that they had contact with all the Norwegians who were stuck in the region. – There are approximately 500 in Israel. At least they are the ones who have registered. Then we have around 100 in the Palestinian area. It is something we take very seriously. This figure is now lower after several flights on Tuesday evening. But there are still Norwegians on the ground in Israel and Gaza. – We work around the clock to get assistance for them to get out. We have seen crisis staff in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have dedicated resources both here in Oslo but also in the region to provide practical and useful advice. Kravik says that the Foreign Ministry knows of at least 600 Norwegians who are still in Israel and Gaza. Photo: news Norwegian authorities encourage travelers to contact their travel agency and insurance agency, and to follow the advice of local authorities. Still, Kravik says that they do not rule out some methods to get Norwegians home from the area, in the event that commercial flights do not go. – It is quite clear that everyone who is in the region must now take care of themselves and take responsibility for their own safety. – Then we assist in every possible way based on the analyzes we do, and based on the intake we have in the region. Several Norwegians who have been in Israel recently received the following message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday: 21.53 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: If you are still in Israel and need assistance, please send us the following information as soon as possible by e-mail to 247@ mfa.no: Where in Israel are you? What is your passport number? If you are traveling with family/friends, please provide the birth number and passport number for everyone in your travel party. If you are no longer in Israel, we ask you to delete your registration on reiseregistrering.no or in the Reiseklar app. Not noticing anything about the airport attack in Tel Aviv Veronica Mjåtveit from Nærbø in Rogaland was earlier today at the airport in Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion. Hamas then wrote on Telegram that they bombed this airport with a missile, which Israel denied. Mjåtveit said that they had not noticed anything like this on Tuesday afternoon. – It is not as chaotic as we thought it would be. We haven’t heard any alarms today, she told news. Mjåtveit says it now “feels good” to have made it to Turkey together with his traveling party of seven people. Here Mjåtveit sits in the taxi on the way to the airport in Tel Aviv. Photo: Private – We had thought that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would say something or get us out. We have met many people down there from other countries, and everyone gets help from their country to get home. – We feel that there has been no response. They have not known anything. It is very easy to say that they do what they can, but they do nothing. There is “every reason to have great compassion” for those who are still in Israel now, says Kravik, but does not agree that they have not brought information to Norwegian travellers. – We give ongoing advice to everyone who contacts us. It is extremely important that everyone in Israel and the region registers on reiseregistrering.no or the Reiseklar app. – Anyone who does so and contacts us will receive a continuous response. – Good to plant your feet on Norwegian soil Morten Samuelsen was tour guide for a group of 19 Norwegians under the auspices of Plussreiser in Ålesund. The travel agency will get them tickets back to Norway via Istanbul on Sunday. – It was incredibly good to plant my feet on Norwegian soil. My thoughts now go to those who are left behind and those who have to live up to all this. Norway’s largest travel organizer for trips to Israel, Plussreiser in Ålesund, on Tuesday received two groups of travelers. Morten Samuelsen traveled with Plussreiser to Israel, and got home safely to Norway on Sunday. – People clap when I land. Photo: Privat They have come to Turkey divided between two airlines that still operate airports in Israel. – There are few seats left on the plane, but we have good contact with them. We expect them to be back in Norway by 6 p.m., says daily manager of Plussreiser, Aud Kindervåg Halsne. The company has thus obtained 63 out of a total of 113 tourists. Now the goal is to help the rest safely out of the country.
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The plane with 190 Norwegian travelers in Israel has landed in Norway – news Vestland
