It turns out that every day thousands of applications come to the committee in an attempt to obtain a permit to enter Israel, but the committee simply does not meet the load of applications. At the beginning of her work, the committee undertook to receive a response within 24 hours. Later in the week, the committee clarified that they are not up to the load and from now on the return flight ticket must be attached, in order to confirm the date of departure from the country, and make sure that it is done before the closure on January 25.
Many applicants to the Exceptions Committee, those who meet the criteria for returning to Israel, have not received approval until this moment, even though they submitted the application days ago. Sources in the committee say that they did not expect such a large number of applicants and that they did not meet the load of referrals.
Apart from the flight from Kiev, and a daily flight of Israir from Frankfurt, in the next few days Elal will take out three rescue flights, from Thursday to Saturday evening.
Holders of rescue tickets from New York and Frankfurt also fear that even in the hours remaining until the flight, the committee will not be able to issue entry permits to everyone, which will force them to leave the airport without boarding the plane to Israel.
It should be noted that the tickets for the rescue flights are defined as those that can not be changed, postponed or canceled, so that the refusal of company representatives to pick up passengers without entry permits will also result in the loss of ticket cost, after many Far beyond planned due to the sudden closure of the sky.