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Evening Standard
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Robert White

British woman stranded in Israel remains in dark about evacuation flights

Mali Smith, 66, is stranded in Israel and said she has still not heard from the UK Government (Family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A British woman stranded in Israel said she has still not heard from the Government about chartered evacuation flights – despite registering and paying hundreds of pounds last week.

The first RAF flight set off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Monday afternoon carrying 63 British passengers, who landed in Cyprus and were then flown back to Birmingham Airport, where they arrived in the early hours of Tuesday.

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