(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - With the assistance of several foreign governments, Israeli diplomats on Thursday continued to bring home hundreds of Israeli backpackers who were stranded abroad. "More than 600 Israelis came back from India, 200 [Arab Israeli] students from Jordan, 150 Israelis from Central Europe and another 150 from Costa Rica," said Foreign Minister Israel Katz. "We managed to get tourists out from all parts of Bolivia, and even those that were unable to board [last week's] El Al flight from Peru will return to Israel soon, after they went on rescue flights organized by the German Foreign Ministry."
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