(19 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Limassol, Cyprus - 19 June 2025
1. Wide of passengers lined up outside the departures terminal at the port of Limassol
2. People arriving with suitcases
3. High angle shot of queue
4. People and suitcases
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Agami, stranded Israeli:
"It's in God's hands. It's nothing to do, there’s nothing you can do. It's all in God’s hands. If it’s your time, it’s your time. I think we’d prefer to be there than here definitely."
6. Part of ship visible from outside port
7. Ship's lifeboats visible behind church
8. Ship logo
9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Agami, stranded Israeli:
"If any other country, I don’t think you’d have anyone, you know, going. Everyone would be fleeing. But in Israel, we want to be, you know, we got people, there's a CEO of a company of 100 people I know, who went back in just to join the army. He’s a CEO of a 100 people, he went to join the army. So yeah, that’s what people, it’s our country, you know? If we’re not going to fight for it, who is?"
10. Various of people lining up outside departure terminal on port
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Fox, stranded Israeli, with his wife Liat Fox:
"You know, obviously what’s happening is very worrying, what’s happening with the rocket fire. On the other hand, we’re very happy that our army and our government’s taking care of the Iranian problem, and of course we want to be with our family and we want to be available to help, you know, if there’s medical problems and just, you know."
Wife Liat Fox:
"Go back home.”
12. Wide of passengers outside terminal
13. Police
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanit Azulay, stranded Israeli:
"No, I don’t scare. My little daughter is over there, my family is over there, and we’re regular to this. This situation is like two years we are in this situation, and we the Israelis we're crazy. We think it’s okay to be this situation.”
15. Passengers walking toward terminal
Larnaca, Cyprus - 19 June 2025
16. Tracking shot of Larnaca airport during landing; shot ends with parked Israeli planes
STORYLINE:
David Agami has been eager to leave Cyprus and get back to his wife and six children since his flight from the US was diverted when Israel and Iran began trading air attacks last week.
On Thursday, he was among hundreds of other Israelis who found spots aboard the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris, which embarked on the trip of about 270 kilometers (167 miles) to Israel. The ship docked in the port city of Limassol Wednesday morning after dropping off hundreds of Jewish emigrees from the US who were evacuated from Israel.
“There’s nothing you can do, it’s all in God’s hands. If it’s your time it’s your time, I think we’d prefer to be there than here definitely,” said Agami, who is attempting
to reach Bet Shemesh between Israel’s port city of Ashdod and Jerusalem.
Cyprus’ chief Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin told The Associated Press that approximately 6,500 Israelis were in Cyprus after b... [truncated]
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