SDF evacuates Japan, S. Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan citizens from Israel

An Air Self-Defense Force plane has evacuated 46 people, including Japanese and other Asians, from Israel to Jordan, the Japanese government said Friday, in its second such operation since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war last month.A KC-767 refueling and transport airplane carrying the 46 evacuees, including 20 Japanese, 15 South Koreans, four Vietnamese and one Taiwanese, left Israel on Thursday night and is now heading for Japan, according to the foreign and defense ministries.The conflict in the Middle East has been intensifying as the Palestinian militant group's surprise attack on…READ FULL ARTICLE