‘Do Not Wait’: Australia Announces 500 Seats for Citizens to Vacate Lebanon

Eighty seats were also secured for a flight on Oct. 3, but only 35 have been taken up.

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfarkela near the border with Israel on Oct. 2, 2024. AFP via Getty Images

Australians stranded in Lebanon have been offered a glimmer of hope after the government arranged flights from the country for an initial 500 passengers.

Yet 1,700 have registered their desire to leave the country with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.