(18 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Larnaca, Cyprus - 18 June 2025
1. Various of luggage outside Larnaca’s Jewish Community Center
2. Various of students who were evacuated to Cyprus from Israel and stranded Israelis having lunch
3. Close of plate of food
4. Mid of people serving themselves drinks
5. Mid of people lining up for food
6. Various of people eating
7. Close of Carrie Best-Lary drinking water
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Best-Lary, evacuee from Israel and originally from Florida, US :
“Explosions, we saw the (Iron) dome protect us, we saw missiles, we heard things, we heard sirens, we were out in public, we went to shelter the minute we got that notification. It's a very scary time.”
9. Various of evacuees
10. Various of people in synagogue
11. Sign of the institution
12. Various of stranded Israelis talking, seeking information
13. Various of Yossi Levitan cooking
14. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Yossi Levitan, stranded Israeli:
“I have a wife and eight children, the youngest is a year and a half old and the oldest is 18. I have two babies at home. I really want to go back, but the sky is closed. We are waiting for the moment when we can go back. In the meantime, we are helping in any way we can. To all the people who are stuck here in Larnaca, Cyprus."
15. Mid of man entering Larnaca’s Jewish Community Center
16. Close of Cyprus’ chief Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin at Larnaca’s Jewish Community Center
17. Close of Raskin's hands
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Arie Zeev Raskin, Cyprus’ chief Rabbi:
“New flights have started to arrive from Hungary, from Rome, from Georgia, from New York. All people who are on the way ended up here with the hope that since Larnaca and Paphos are the closest neighbor of Israel. Once the flights will begin, that will be the first shuttle to go.”
19. Close of Raskin's hands
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people who have left or are trying to reach Israel were stranded in Cyprus on Wednesday due to ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran.
Initially, 2,400 passengers aboard Israel-bound flights were stranded in Cyprus after their aircrafts were abruptly diverted last week.
Since then, thousands more have traveled there in hopes of using Cyprus, the nearest European Union country, as a depot to find a flight or chartered boat that will take them back to their families in Israel.
People attempting to leave Israel have also reached Cyprus, hoping to catch flights from the East Mediterranean island after hostilities closed much of the airspace across the Middle East.
Carrie Best-Lary, originally from Florida, was evacuated from Israel and described how it felt during Iran's strikes.
“We saw missiles, we heard things, we heard sirens, we were out in public, we went to shelter the minute we got that notification. It's a very scary time,” she said.
Yossi Levitan, 44, has a flight booked next week and said he is eager to rejoin his eight children and one grandchild in Ramla, 30 kilometers (1... [truncated]
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