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israel war 2023

Samoans arriving home from Israel
Apia, SAMOA — The last group of 16 Samoan adults and a year-old toddler have returned home safely after a frightening experience in Israel as they went through bomb shelters and were told to hide minutes before departure at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. They landed at the Faleolo...
Palestinians fleeing bombing
Apia, SAMOA — The last group of Samoan citizens who were stranded in Israel were safely evacuated from Jerusalem to Dubai on Tuesday, the Samoa government has announced. In a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said 13 Samoans boarded an...
Abu Dhabi airplane
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The NZ Tongan church group attempting to flee Israel is "disappointed" the New Zealand government is charging people for the repatriation flight which doesn't bring them back home. The government has secured 90 seats on the first flight to assist New Zealand and Pacific...
Samoans and Fijians deplaning in Suva
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families and friends in the Pacific and around the world are rejoicing after Fiji Airways successfully landed in Nadi, Fiji with a planeload of international travelers who had been stranded in Israel since last Saturday, October 7, 2023, amid a raging war between Hamas...
The Tonga church group from New Zealand
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — A New Zealand-based church group is attempting to flee Israel by bus with the help of the Tongan Consulate hours before the area they are sheltering in within Tel Aviv goes into lockdown. The Tongan church group is made up of 45 people - mostly New Zealand citizens over...
FIJI AIRWAYS PLANE IN FLIGHT
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that 22 Samoans who are in Israel for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ)'s Feast of Tabernacles 2023 are safe. The group arrived in Tel Aviv on a chartered Fiji Airways flight on September 29 with no idea that they would...