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Jaclyn Diaz

Visitors are scrambling to leave Israel and Gaza as the fighting rages

Passengers wait in line to enter a flight to Israel at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Airlines and governments around the world were rushing to get visitors trapped by the raging conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip back home as the U.S. warns any future travelers to the area to rethink their plans.

The fighting started almost a week ago after Hamas launched a surprise attack into Israel, killing 1,300 Israelis and taking some 150 hostages — some of whom are believed to be Americans.

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