India has expressed gratitude to the governments of Israel, Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Armenia, and Turkmenistan for their support in the evacuation efforts carried out under ongoing Operation Sindhu.

Addressing a weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India has so far mounted 14 flights to bring back its nationals from the warzone in Iran.

Due to the closure of the Israeli airspace, Indian nationals were also taken to the bordering countries of Jordan and Egypt, from where they were flown back to India on special flights.

India launched Operation Sindhu on June 18 to evacuate its nationals from Iran and Israel.

He said India has around 10,000 members of the Indian community in Iran and around 40,000 Indian nationals in Israel.

He further added that from Iran, India has so far evacuated 3,426nationals, 11 OCI cardholders, nine Nepalese nationals, some Sri Lankan nationals and one Iranian national who happened to be a spouse of an Indian national.

He informed that from Israel, we have so far evacuated 818 Indian nationals in four flights. The MEA also confirmed that a total of 3426 Indian nationals have been brought home from Iran as part of Operation Sindhu. The Ministry reiterated that the safety and security of Indian nationals remains a top priority for the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.