October 2023 Shortly after the 7 October attacks Israel evacuated many settlements affected by the attacks, placing evacuees in hotels and apartments in other parts of Israel. About 200,000 people were evacuated from the border areas that Israel shares with the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Some of the evacuated areas included
Kibbutz Kfar Aza which was
attacked and about 1.2 miles from the Gaza Strip and the
Sasa kibbutz about 1.9 miles from the Lebanese border. Some of the apartments that were donated to evacuated civilians had been initially earmarked for
Ukrainian refugees fleeing the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, but were later repurposed.
8 October The
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) deployed six military aircraft bound for Italy, including two
Embraer C-390 Millenniums, two
Embraer 190s, and two
Airbus A330s. The FAB said that they, "in coordination with the ministries of defence and foreign affairs, was called to repatriate Brazilians who are in Israel". Polish president
Andrzej Duda said that "We are sending air force transport planes to carry out the evacuation of Poles currently staying in Israel," and that "We are working so that all our compatriots can return home safely." Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it is in contact with Greek citizens in Israel, and announcing that 149 nationals had registered for the evacuation, and in the evening, 81 of them took the first plane to Athens.
Albania's Foreign Ministry announced that it had brought back 40 Albanians from Israel. Among the evacuated were two Kosovans, one who was the daughter of Kosovan interior minister
Xhelal Sveçla, in addition to Macedonian citizens. The foreign ministry stated that "in the following days, there will be more special flights to Tel Aviv, while the Foreign Ministry is coordinating with the sister ministries of countries of the region to come to the aid of all citizens who want to return to their countries." A Bulgarian governmental plane consisting 92 Bulgarians and one Croatian, mainly tourists, but also a group of dentists from a conference, departed from Tel Aviv. Because it was designated as diplomatic, it received authorization from the Israeli authorities. While transport minister Georgi Gvozdeykov praised Bulgaria for being the first countries to evacuate its citizens, the vice prime minister
Mariya Gabriel stated that the evacuation of diplomats and their families had not been expected to be transferred yet.
10 October Argentina began evacuating 1,246 citizens from Israel. Defense minister
Jorge Taiana stated that three aircraft are sent per day to evacuate the citizens to
Rome, Italy; after which the state-owned
Aerolineas Argentinas will fly them back home. Later, foreign minister
Santiago Cafiero posted on X that the first of several flights have arrived to Rome. Germany's Foreign Office announced that the country would evacuate its citizens on 12 and 13 October, with
Lufthansa operating special flights from Israel. Those on Germany's "ELEFAND" list would be informed on 12 October about the ways to book tickets for those special flights. Greece's Foreign Affairs announced that 90 more citizens have been evacuated from Israel through
El Al airline, with the next plane arranged for the next day. The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Maria Zakharova stated that plans for evacuation of Russian citizens from the Palestinian territories was underway, and that there are still more commercial flights available for those in Israel. 110 Colombians were evacuated in the first aircraft. Finland's foreign minister
Elina Valtonen told reporters that Finland would evacuate its citizens from Israel and Palestine in the following days, and cited more than 170 Finns who need support in the crisis area for travel arrangements. The Danish government said that it would evacuate its citizens as well as holders of permanent residency in the country from Israel and Palestine. It was believed that 1,290 Danes are in those affected regions. Portugal had repatriated 152 nationals, in addition to 14 other Europeans. The
Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on
X that Nigeria had repatriated 310 Christian pilgrims who went to Jordan. The pilgrims were travelling from
Bethlehem to
Nazareth when they noticed the attack, and "were scared and everyone wanted to return to Nigeria, no one wants to die." The
Australian Government announced at least two
Qantas flights to Tel Aviv, although the airline does not fly there ordinarily. Although the flights are due to start on 13 October, the details of the flights had not been finalized yet. The prime minister
Anthony Albanese stated that the flights were necessary because "many Australians are experiencing difficulties with delays and cancellations with commercial flights". Foreign minister
Penny Wong stated that extra repatriation flights could be organised other than the two flights. Wong also urged citizens on 10 October not to wait for government-packed flights when commercial flights are available.
Guardian Australia reported that the government asked Qantas and
Virgin Australia for help repatriate Australians from the country. Foreign minister
Annalena Baerbock of Germany stated in the
Bundestag that all students had managed to leave Israel. In an interview with a ZDF presenter, who asked for a reason on Germany not using military aircraft, Baerbock told that "given the situation that we have to get many, many more people out, we can't send a military plane, so we first took care of children and young people who were there without parents". The Spanish Defense Ministry posted on X that a plane carrying around 200 Spanish and European Union citizens arrived in Spain. Later, the Spanish foreign minister
José Manuel Albares posted that another plane was enroute. The
White House announced that the US government would begin organizing evacuation flights, expected to start the next day, to help Americans leave Israel. People familiar with the planning stated that the government was arranging four flights per day. Canada evacuated its citizens from Tel Aviv to
Athens, Greece through two
Royal Canadian Air Force planes, after the government had implemented the plan to evacuate the citizens. From Athens, an
Air Canada plane would arrive on 13 October, taking the evacuated to
Toronto. Officials stated they were exploring other means of evacuation from Israel, including ground travel to Jordan. The first batch of Thai workers evacuated Israel and arrived in
Bangkok. The
Foreign Office of the United Kingdom arranged flights for Britions stranded in Israel, with the first plane leaving Tel Aviv that same day. The Office stated that there would be more planes "subject to security". It also stated that the flights would rather be commercial; passengers would pay
£300 for a trip back to the country. The decision was a U-turn from the government of the country after it said before that the United Kingdom will not arrange evacuations due to available commercial flights. The German Foreign Office organized another exit option which is via a ferry from Israel to Cyprus, with more being organized in a few days. Nepal through
Nepal Airlines began the repatriation process for its citizens.
13 October Cook Islands prime minister
Mark Brown said that Australia was offering help to repatriate the island's citizens from Israel. He told
Cook Islands News that the government was in touch with the remaining residents and hoping that they would be out of the country that day. He added that Cook Islands will look for work with Australia if the resident could not leave Israel. Fiji's Prime Minister
Sitiveni Rabuka celebrated the Fijians who were repatriated from Israel, who were 255 people.
14 October The government of Uruguay dispatched a
Uruguayan Air Force C-130 Hercules on 14 October to evacuate 90 Uruguayans from Israel. The air force plane left Tel Aviv with the evacuees and transported them to
Madrid for connecting flights. With 22,000 Uruguayan citizens living in Israel, the government said another evacuation flight may be arranged in the future as more Uruguayans have requested assistance leaving the country. The
Tongan Government evacuated 61 people on a flight to London, 30 of whom were Tongan nationals and the rest citizens of New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. Most were part of a group of pilgrims who were in Jerusalem. Once they arrived at
Stansted Airport, Prime Minister
Siaosi Sovaleni celebrated the evacuation.
19 October Evacuations of Israeli's marked as "at risk" populations were started in the city of
Ashkelon with about 24,000 people identified as needing to be evacuated. The evacuated residents were to be housed in hotel rooms, that were to be paid for by an allotment of 160 million
shekels by the Israeli government.
November 2023 1 November On 1 November, 33 Brazilians were evacuated from the West Bank through Jordan.
12 November On November 10, Brazilians were authorized to leave Gaza, but the border remained closed. On November 12, all of the 32 Brazilians who requested to be evacuated were able to leave Gaza through Egypt. They were transported on the
presidential aircraft VC-2. Upon their arrival in
Brasília on the night of November 13, they were welcomed by president
Lula. During this reception, the president condemned Israel's response as inhumane.
March 2024 15 March It was reported that about 250,000 Israeli citizens were displaced due to the war, with about 164,000 being instructed or recommended to evacuate with government compensation, and between 100,000 and 150,000 evacuated without being asked to. Many were housed in hotels across Israel. ==Indian citizens==