[Ynet News] Yael Branovsky - Some 210 Israelis and 30 new immigrants from Georgia arrived in Israel on Tuesday night, with an additional 400 Israelis to follow shortly. Pini Avivi, the Israel Foreign Ministry's deputy director-general for Central Europe and Eurasia, said, "600 Israelis and Jews assembled at the embassy. The objective was to get them out of Georgia by midnight. They're happy to go back home." Israel's Health Ministry announced that it will send two and a half tons of medical supplies to Georgia.
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