‘What do you do?’ Canadian family desperate to fly home from Israel
Global News
The family came to Israel in late September to visit with with family but now they are stuck in the northern part of the country with no plan to get home.
Ruslam Benco is trying to do everything he can to get his family back home to Canada.
The young father, his wife and his two young children are currently in Tiberias, in northern Israel, but following Saturday’s unprecedented Hamas attack, they don’t know how they are going to get home.
“It’s certainly nothing that we’ve experienced,” Benco told Global News.
“And it’s crazy with the small kids.”
They came to Israel in late September to visit with Benco’s wife’s family. They also have friends who are currently in the central part of the country and have been close to the bombings.
“It’s insane,” he added. So, yes, I mean, I can’t put it into words, but it’s just not safe, to put it very very mildly. I’ll put it this way. Leave. But, the country’s at war.”
Benco told Global News they have been trying desperately to get on a flight out of the country but that is proving to be a very difficult task.
Air Canada has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv, along with American Airlines, United and Delta.