First cruise ship carrying 2,000 stranded Israelis back from Cyprus docks in Ashdod

The first Mano Maritime cruise ship bringing stranded Israelis back from Cyprus, in coordination with the Transportation Ministry, arrived in Israel earlier this morning.

Some 2,000 passengers were on the luxury ship Crown Iris for its voyage from Limassol in Cyprus to the Ashdod port in southern Israel, the Transportation Ministry says.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev, alongside Transportation Ministry director general Moshe Ben Zaken, Ashdod port chairman Shaul Schneider, and other officials, welcomed the returnees upon their arrival at the port.

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