Hungary has evacuated 215 people from Israel by air -foreign minister

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has evacuated 215 people from Israel by air on two planes overnight and they have safely landed in Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a Facebook post on Monday morning.

Szijjarto thanked Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania for granting fast permissions for the flight.

(Reporting by Krisztina Than; Editing by Jamie Freed)