Under fire, Israel plans 'empty flights' airlift to bring stranded Israelis home
Tamara Ceaikovski
Israel's Transportation Ministry is preparing a controlled reopening of Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday aimed at returning thousands of Israelis stranded overseas during Operation Roaring Lion, according to officials involved in the plan. On Tuesday, two days before the planned reopening, the ministry outlined an extraction model in which aircraft will arrive carrying passengers but depart Israel with no passengers onboard, reducing exposure time on the tarmac.Thousands of Israelis have been
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