Let my people leave — by land or by sea

Tourists stranded in Israel are taking extreme measures to exit the country, navigating a labyrinth of WhatsApp scams, exorbitant prices and sold out tugboats

Last Thursday, Sam Heller went to sleep at a Tel Aviv hotel, thinking that any potential military action between Israel and Iran wouldn’t start until after his flight back to the U.S., scheduled for Saturday night. 

He was wrong....

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