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Among the 220 people who were rescued safely, five are Singaporeans, 51 are Japanese and 163 are South Koreans, it has been reported. A KC-330 Cygnus transport aircraft of the South Korean air Force was used in the rescue mission, the Korean Herald reported. This aircraft can carry 230 passengers at a time. It left south korea for israel at noon last friday and arrived at Ben Gurion airport, Israel's main airport in Tel Aviv, on friday afternoon local time. And the flight departed from israel on saturday and arrived at the airport near Seoul in the evening.
The South Korean ministry is reported to have said that it also cooperated with the evacuation of Japanese nationals from israel from a humanitarian perspective. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has confirmed that "five Singaporeans" were safely evacuated from Tel Aviv, israel on a military transport flight organized to evacuate citizens of the Republic of Korea (ROK). It is noteworthy that the singapore government has expressed its gratitude for this action by South Korea.