02:02A flight repatriating over 100 Colombian nationals from Lebanon touched down in Bogota on Thursday morning.
Footage captured the moment passengers disembarked from the aircraft, greeting Colombian authorities as they stepped onto the tarmac. Many took group pictures in front of the plane. Local media reports indicate that 117 people were aboard the flight.
Israel began a ground incursion against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday, following over a week of airstrikes on the country.
More than 1,200 people were reported killed and over 7,000 injured in the strikes at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which is said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Out of Lebanon - Colombia repatriates over 100 nationals as emergency flight lands in Bogota
A flight repatriating over 100 Colombian nationals from Lebanon touched down in Bogota on Thursday morning.
Footage captured the moment passengers disembarked from the aircraft, greeting Colombian authorities as they stepped onto the tarmac. Many took group pictures in front of the plane. Local media reports indicate that 117 people were aboard the flight.
Israel began a ground incursion against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday, following over a week of airstrikes on the country.
More than 1,200 people were reported killed and over 7,000 injured in the strikes at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which is said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
A flight repatriating over 100 Colombian nationals from Lebanon touched down in Bogota on Thursday morning.
Footage captured the moment passengers disembarked from the aircraft, greeting Colombian authorities as they stepped onto the tarmac. Many took group pictures in front of the plane. Local media reports indicate that 117 people were aboard the flight.
Israel began a ground incursion against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday, following over a week of airstrikes on the country.
More than 1,200 people were reported killed and over 7,000 injured in the strikes at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which is said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.