Another repatriation flight from Lebanon arrived in São Paulo this Saturday (12), at 7:11 am, with 211 Brazilians and family members, including 12 infants. This is the fourth group rescued by the federal government.
In total, 885 people and 11 pets have been removed from Lebanon by Operation Cedro Roots to date. A KC-30, a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft designated for repatriation missions, has already taken off from São Paulo Air Base this Saturday to pick up the fifth group in Beirut.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, .
Together with Itamaraty, the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health, the Federal Police and the Federal Revenue Service have been working to support passengers.
The government reiterated, in a note on Friday (11), the warning that Brazilians, who are still in Lebanon, follow the security guidelines of local authorities and, if possible, try to leave the territory by their own means. The estimate is that the Brazilian community in Lebanon is 20 thousand people.
. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities.
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
The attack on Israel on the 1st marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups.
There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings.
The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.
On September 23, , with more than 500 fatalities.
the Israeli military tries to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government. The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
