Third flight to repatriate Brazilians in Gaza takes off from Rio

Another group of Brazilians and their relatives who lived in Gaza are preparing to return to Brazil on a flight from the government’s Voltando em Paz (“Returning in Peace”) operation.

A KC-30 aircraft (Airbus A330 200) from the Brazilian Air Force took off Thursday morning (Dec. 21) from Rio’s Galeão Airport, heading for Cairo International Airport in Egypt.

This will be the third flight to repatriate Brazilians in Gaza since the beginning of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territory in October this year. There is still no information on the number of people being brought to Brazil.

In addition to bringing the Brazilians, the plane is carrying six tons of humanitarian supplies, including water purifiers.

The plane is expected to arrive in Brazil on Saturday morning (23), with a scheduled landing at 8 am Brasília time at the capital’s air base.

Since the start of the operation, 1,525 people have been repatriated on 11 flights—1,413 from Israel, 80 from Gaza, and 32 from the West Bank, another Palestinian territory.