Two Italian Air Force aircraft with approximately 200 citizens of the republic will arrive on October 10 at the Pratica di Mare military airfield, 30 km south-west of Rome, Italian deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Antonio Tajani, wrote on X, reported from TASS.

About 200 Italians are returning from Israel on two military planes, he wrote.

According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the first plane took off from Pratica di Mare on October 9 evening, the second plane was in Kuwait and, after landing in Cyprus, was sent to Ben Gurion Airport. Their arrival in Rome is expected before 09:30 local time.

A day earlier, Tajani reported that two Italians were missing after the Hamas attack.

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