- Three generations of a British family are stranded in Israel, after their flight home was cancelled due to the escalating Iran-Israel conflict and closure of Israeli airspace.
- Lisa Baker, her daughter Bella, and her mother Phyllis Phillips are staying in a hotel with a safe room in Haifa.
- Despite registering with the Foreign Office, the family reports receiving little help and is exploring routes home involving land travel to Jordan and multiple connecting flights costing up to £6,000.
- Baker criticised the UK government's lack of evacuation plan, suggesting a boat service to Cyprus as a safer alternative, and questioned why the UK couldn't replicate Israel's efforts to fly nationals home.
- Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the welfare of British nationals in Israel is the government’s “first priority”, with support being offered in Jordan and Egypt and border crossing updates posted on the Foreign Office website.
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