Over 40,000 Israelis left in first 7 months of 2024

Some Israelis and foreign tourists arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport to leave the region, fearing an escalation of tensions and attacks that began early this morning on the Israeli-Lebanese border in Tel Aviv, Israel on August 25, 2024. [Nir Keidar – Anadolu Agency]

More than 40,000 Israelis have left the country in the first seven months of 2024, according to official data released yesterday.

The private Hebrew Channel 13 quoted the Israeli Bureau of Statistics as reporting a significant increase in the number of Israelis who have left the country this year compared to 2023, almost a year since Israel started its genocidal bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Preliminary data from the department also showed that only 27,800 have returned to Israel in that period, including those who had left the country and returned and those who immigrated to Israel for the first time, according to the Anadolu Agency.

In 2023, about 55,300 people emigrated from Israel, compared to about 27,000 who chose to return or immigrate to the country, while in 2022, some 38,000 Israelis emigrated, and 23,000 returned or immigrated to Israel.

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