Australian evacuees from Lebanon land in Cyprus

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*********** evacuees from Lebanon land in Cyprus

STORY: :: *********** citizens land in Cyprus after being evacuated from Lebanon

:: October 5, 2024

:: Larnaca, Cyprus

“I feel I feel very sad leaving my country, but I’m very happy to start a new life in Sydney.”

(Journalist asking “Were you in any danger”)

“Definitely. I was in the south. I lost my house, my kids lost their rooms, our clothes. But it’s fine, life goes on. I wish the best for Lebanon.”

(Journalist asking: Where are you going to be staying in Australia?)

“In Australia I have some relatives.”

(Journalist asking: Will you ever go back in Lebanon?)

“Never, ever. I was traumatized. My kids were traumatized as well. It’s not a safe country. I won’t be back.”

:: Fiona Mckergow, *********** High Commissioner to Cyprus

“I don’t have numbers for the next flight, but we’ve had 229 citizens come through. ***********. They’ll all be going on to Australia. As I said, they’re exhausted, exceptionally happy to be here, but heartbroken because they’ve left family behind.”

(Journalist asking: But it’s possible that these are the last flights out of Beirut for Australia.)

“I don’t anticipate them to be the last.”

Greeted by several officials, including the *********** high commissioner to Cyprus, Fiona McKergow, evacuees were offered apples and water, before being boarded onto a bus.

Speaking to the press, one woman detailed having to flee after her home was destroyed by ********. She said she never intends to return to Lebanon.

Lebanon’s government says more than 2,000 people have been ******* since the start of the ******** attacks on Lebanon in the last year, including 127 children. Most of the casualties have come in the past two weeks.

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