Israeli consul general to US Midwest advises Americans to leave Middle East

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Israel’s consul general to the Midwest on Tuesday told News 8 his country is working with the U.S. embassy to help Americans in that country get home.

The State Department on Monday said Americans in 14 Middle Eastern countries, including Israel and the Palestinian territories, should leave immediately via commercial means due to serious safety risks.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee posted on X Americans who want to leave Israel have few options. Israel’s main airport, Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, is still closed. Huckabee said the best option is to take buses run by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism to the border crossing at Taba, Egypt.

Israeli Consul General Elad Strohmayer on Tuesday told News 8 that everyone in the Middle East should return to their home country, whether that is another Middle East country or somewhere else in the world, such as the United States. He said Israeli officials are working closely with the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem to help Americans get to land border crossings or to help them get flights home when and if Ben Gurion reopens. Strohmayer said it’s hard to say how many Americans are in his country right now because many have dual Israeli-American citizenship.

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