(3 Oct 2024)
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Athens, Greece – 3 October 2024
1. Wide of bus arriving in central Athens
2. Wide of bus parking
3. Various of passengers disembarking the bus with suitcases
4. Pull out of evacuee Antonio arriving to speak to media
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio, last name not given, Greek citizen evacuee:
"(We were) next to the airport, yesterday they were bombarding many buildings and while we are coming to the airport, we saw buildings, smokes, everything, it was catastrophe."
6. Wide of evacuees arriving to speak to media
7. Pull out from evacuee young boy to family
8. Mid of evacuee Athina Pateli reacting as she speaks to media
9. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Athina Pateli, Greek citizen, evacuee:
"It was difficult, very very difficult, there are no words to say (describe)."
10. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Athina Pateli, evacuee:
"Yes, we were scared, it was very very difficult, where we were passing (the area) to get to the airport, the fighting was there."
11. VarIous of evacuees
12. Mid of media
13. Mid of evacuees Dolan Tabri with her son Adam and daughter Adrianna after arriving in central Athens
14. Close of luggage
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dolan Tabri, Greek citizen, evacuee:
"It was bad, I live in a Christian neighbourhood, but we are a bit close to Dahiyeh area (Beirut neighbourhood, a stronghold of Hezbollah and target of Israeli bombing) so when they were bombing the area, we hear it, you know, nothing happens to our area but the fact we hear, it’s traumatic for the kids and everybody."
16. Various of Tabri family leaving
STORYLINE:
Greek nationals living in Beirut arrived in Athens on Thursday after Greece sent a military transport plane to evacuate Greek and Cypriot nationals fleeing Lebanon, as hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah escalate.
The plane, carrying 38 Cypriots and 22 Greeks, landed in Larnaca, Cyprus, at midday local time on Thursday, before heading to a military airfield near Athens later in the day. A bus then transported some Greek nationals to central Athens.
The evacuation followed an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut, which killed nine people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck the heart of the capital.
Some who arrived safely in Greece spoke of their fear and the events they had witnessed.
Greece’s foreign ministry says it has established hotlines for its citizens living in Lebanon to call if they require assistance in leaving the country.
AP video shot by Lefteris Pitarakis
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