Abeer Ayyoub

Gazan journalist Abeer Ayyoub does a deep dive into the Israeli linked shadowy firm run by an Israeli-Estonian, who arranged 3 flights to get several hundred Palestinians out of Gaza. Israel's Voluntary Emigration Bureau in the Defense Ministry referred the firm to the IDF to help coordinate the departures. Passengers were told to take only a small bag, cash and phone, and were not told the destination. Flight costs escalated dramatically suggesting the shadowy firm's intentions are less humanitarian and more of a blood merchant.

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• Minnah Arshad, Zeteo, 2025 November 28
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• Avi Scharf and Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, 2025 November 16
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