自衛隊機でレバノン邦人退避　外国人含む１６人

　イスラエルが地上侵攻したレバノンに滞在していた邦人１１人と外国人５人の計１６人が、航空自衛隊のＣ２輸送機で近隣のヨルダンへ出国した。日本政府が４日発表した。自衛隊機による中東での邦人退避は、昨年１０月の情勢悪化以降、イスラエルで２回実施。レバノンでは初めて。
　外務省によると、在レバノン邦人は３日時点で約５０人。今回１１人が搭乗を希望し、外国籍の家族１人とフランス人４人も同乗した。レバノンでは商用便は半分程度が欠航しており、同省は直ちに出国するよう呼び掛けている。（2024/10/04-22:23）

Eleven Japanese nationals and five foreigners have fled Lebanon for Jordan aboard a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft, the Japanese government said Friday.
   This was the first evacuation of Japanese nationals from Lebanon using SDF aircraft since tensions flared up in the Middle East in October last year. A similar mission has been conducted twice in Israel.
   About 50 Japanese nationals stayed in Lebanon as of Thursday, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
   The ministry has urged Japanese nationals to leave Lebanon immediately as about half of commercial flights have been canceled there due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
   Two ASDF C-2 planes had been on standby in Jordan to evacuate Japanese nationals from Lebanon.