139 Spanish-Palestinian refugees evacuated from the Gaza Strip landed this Thursday at the Torrejon airbase (Madrid) in Air Force plane from Cairo airport.

This is 139 people from In recent days, 143 people have been evacuated from the sector. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The rest will remain in the Egyptian capital for family reasons.

Of the 139 people who arrived in Spain 67 – minors (three of them are under one year old) and the rest are adults (39 women and 33 men). Fifty-four people are Palestinians, and the rest (85 people) have dual citizenship.

They were met on the steps of an Airbus A330 by Defense Minister Margarita Robles, Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albarez and Chief of Defense Staff Teodoro Esteban Lopez.

The flight took off at 04:30 Spanish time from Cairo, where families who had arrived there in recent days from Gaza were received and directed by Spanish Embassy staff to the boarding area, including many children who ran around restlessly as soon as they got off the bus.

People leaving the Gaza Strip 72 hours to leave Egyptaccording to the evacuation agreement, and this responsibility falls on the embassies of the countries involved.

Last Monday, a total of forty Spanish-Palestinian Palestinians or their relatives left Gaza, joined by another 74 on Tuesday and another 29 yesterday, Wednesday, with which the Foreign Ministry completed the first phase of the evacuation.

The departure of these groups from Gaza occurred prior permission from Israel and with Egyptian approvalas both countries must give the green light for these people to leave through the Rafah crossing.

There’s still some inside the Strip another group of Latino-Palestinians and their immediate relatives numbering about 45 people.who were listed at the last minute and whose departure is already being processed and will occur soon.

The operation to transport 139 people to Spain involved personnel from the 45th Air Force Group, Air Deployment Support Squadron, medical evacuation unit and combat command.