OPERATION AJAY

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Context

• India has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of citizens from Israel amid a full-blown war with the Hamas group in Gaza.

Details

• Operation Ajay is not technically an evacuation operation. It is an operation to repatriate its citizens from Israel.
• Special chartered flights will bring back the Indians. Indian Navy ships will be deployed if the need arises.
• Indians in Israel who wish to return will be facilitated in this operation.
• There are around 18,000 Indians in Israel including students, professionals and traders.
• The Embassy has emailed the first lot of registered Indian citizens for the special flight.
• Messages to other registered people will follow for subsequent flights.