Keralites among the first batch of Indian evacuees to reach the Cochin international airport at Nedumbassery from conflict-ridden Israel on October 13 afternoon painted a picture of a country where life continues to be largely peaceful despite the intense battle with Hamas.
The seven Keralites were part of the 212 Indians evacuated from Israel in the maiden flight operated under the Union government’s rescue mission ‘Operation Ajay’. They had reached Delhi from Tel Aviv in the early morning hours of October 13 before flying down to Kochi by an Air India flight.
“Life continues to be smooth in Israel with the crisis mostly restricted along the Israel-Gaza border. Neither Israel citizens nor international students have any issues right now. I would have stayed if not for the anxiety of my family. I will return as soon as peace is restored,” Nila Nanda, a postdoctoral student at a university in southern Israel, told the media at the airport. Her family was at the airport to take her back home to Palakkad.
