The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on Saturday that repatriation flights scheduled to leave Israel in the coming days would not depart as planned.
Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed the federal government was "working intently" on additional repatriation flights, and Australia had military aircraft on standby in the region. His comments came after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on Saturday that flights scheduled for later in the day would not depart as planned due to a "highly challenging and rapidly changing" situation.
Qantas, which operated the first flight, said in a statement it had been running constant safety assessments for its planned flights to Tel Aviv. It added: "Based on latest assessments, the difficult decision has been made not to operate the second flight to Tel Aviv on Sunday due to continued deterioration of conditions on the ground in Israel for safety reasons.
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