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Etgar Lefkovits

Etgar Lefkovits is an award-winning international journalist who is an Israel correspondent and feature news writer at JNS. A native of Chicago, he has two decades of experience in journalism having served as Jerusalem correspondent in one of the world’s most demanding positions. He is now based in Tel Aviv.

The four Israeli carriers, led by El Al, are working to bring home thousands of Israelis each day on the repatriation flights from select international cities such as nearby Larnaca and Athens, chosen by the airlines.
The move comes as the American president weighs getting involved in Israel’s military action by deploying B-2 stealth bombers.
There will be no outbound flights from Israel; its airspace will remain closed until next week.
A limited number of seats will be available for the estimated 150,000 Israelis stranded abroad.
The National Security Council warned Israelis not to try to reach Israel by land through Jordan or Egypt.
At least seven people were killed, including an 8-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, and scores were wounded in the 2:45 a.m. attack on Bat Yam.
The closure could last at least three days, Israel’s “Channel 12" reported.
“You are a real hero to the Jewish people,” Israeli statesman Natan Sharansky said at the ceremony in the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.
Javier Milei, the country’s president and one of Israel’s staunch supporters, is on his second visit to Israel in as many years.
In Israel for his second official visit in as many years, Javier Milei called Israel “the cause of the West.”
TUS IL will focus on Europe, and later add flights to the Gulf.
Jerusalem will provide intelligence to help in South American country’s war on drug cartels.