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Desperate Jewish Americans told heartbreaking stories of their escape from the besieged nation as they landed in the US on some of the last flights out of Israel.
Palestinian militants on Saturday fired thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, and several assailant squads managed to break through the security fence and enter Israeli territory.
Video footage has captured desperate travellers trying to escape Israel as rockets can be seen coming down near the country’s main airport. Ben Gurion Airport was packed with travellers trying to leave the country on Monday. Video circulated online shows smoke rising from Ben Gurion, near the airport’s carpark. One man who took a video that was shared to a Telegram page revealed the panic in the airport. He said to the camera: “Guys, I don’t know what’s going on here. It’s crazy.” Sirens are heard overhead as travellers are told to move to a nearby bomb shelter. A security guard was heard telling him: “Move, leave everything.”
Palestinian militants on Saturday fired thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, and several assailant squads managed to break through the security fence and infiltrate Israeli territory.