61 Romanian citizens, mostly women and children, who asked the authorities permission for repatriation, safely landed on Wednesday at the Bucharest "Henri Coanda" Airport.

The repatriated asked to be evicted from the Gaza strip after the area fell under the control of the Islamist army of Hamas, on June 15. The repatriation operation took only 24 hours. The group was escorted by members of the Romanian Embassy in Israel until the Jordanian border, where the met Romanian diplomacy representatives in Amman.

On June 23rd, another group, consisting in 31 people, returned to Romania, after fleeing the Gaza strip.