13 Odia students evacuated from conflict-torn Israel

BHUBANESWAR: A group of 13 Odia students who were evacuated from Israel via Egypt and Jordan under Operation Sindhu arrived safely in New Delhi on Tuesday. Seven of them are on their way back to Bhubaneswar.

The students are pursuing PhD from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Weizmann Institute of Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Heaving a sigh of relief, the students said they were waiting since the last 10 days for being evacuated from the conflict-hit country.

“Ever since the war broke out, we have been living in a precarious condition amidst uncertainty. It was the Indian Embassy that wrote to all universities where Indian students were studying for immediate evacuation,” said a student of Ben-Gurion University Nisharani Bishoyi. Nisharani was rescued along with six other Odia students from the university.