Local residents, including Korean nationals who were stranded in Israel, arrived at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the evening of the 14th and disembarked from the Air Force transport aircraft (KC330 ‘Cygnus’). Joint photo reporting group
The Japanese government, which has been criticized for evacuating Israeli citizens later than Korea and charging fees, is now pursuing a plan to evacuate its citizens free of charge via Self-Defense Force transport. NHK broadcast reported on the 18th that as the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed faction Hamas intensifies, the Japanese government is considering deploying Self-Defense Force transport planes to evacuate its citizens still remaining in Israel. The Japanese government is surveying its citizens about their intention to leave the country, and if the number of people wishing to leave the country exceeds a certain number, it is considering evacuating them to Japan by Self-Defense Force transport plane later this week. According to a Japanese government official, the Self-Defense Forces transport plane will fly from Israel to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport via neighboring Jordan, and passengers will not be charged any fees. Currently, two SDF C2 transport aircraft and KC767 aerial refueling transport aircraft have arrived in Jordan, and one C2 transport aircraft is on standby in Djibouti, East Africa, in case it receives a transport order.
The Air Force transport plane (KC330) ‘Cygnus’ dispatched to Israel by the Korean government landed at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on the evening of the 14th. On this day, Japanese embassy staff are guiding the Japanese people who came with us through procedures. Joint photo reporting group
Previously, on the 15th, the Japanese government chartered a plane to Israel to evacuate eight Korean citizens to Dubai Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and charged 30,000 yen (270,000 won) per person in return. This is compared to the response of the Korean government, which evacuated 220 people, including 163 Koreans, 51 Japanese, and 6 Singaporeans, who were staying in Israel in Israel by air force transport plane a day earlier on the 14th, to Korea for free, and the Japanese say that the response is ‘late’. Criticism poured in. The right-wing Sankei Shimbun also pointed out the late response of the Fumio cabinet in an editorial on the 18th, saying, “Isn’t the response to evacuating its citizens slower than that of Korea?” The Sankei Shimbun said, “In a crisis, a small gap in time can make the difference between light and dark. “Japan virtually failed in its operation to evacuate Koreans from Afghanistan the year before last (2021),” he criticized. The Sankei Shimbun also said, “We are grateful to the Korean government for allowing the Japanese to ride together from a humanitarian perspective.” Previously, the Japanese government explained that the reason it charged the fee was because it considered fairness as there were Japanese nationals who left Israel using regular aircraft while Tel Aviv International Airport was still operating flights. Reporter Lee Yu-jin yjlee@hani.co.kr
2023-10-18 06:38:50
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