Nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens and family members have departed Israel on State Department-sponsored charter flights and other transport options since Friday for Europe.
A State Department spokesman also said late on Monday that it had offered departure for American citizens from Haifa aboard a ship to Cyprus as well.
Along with more than 4,000 seats on U.S. government-chartered transport by air and sea to U.S. citizens and immediate family.
But, the spokesperson added, the flights and other departure options have generally departed at half capacity or less.
The State Department said the U.S. government-facilitated flights to Athens are scheduled to continue from Tel Aviv through at least till Thursday.
U.S. airlines have added flights to Athens and boosted the size of planes to accommodate Americans flying from Israel seeking to return home after fighters from Hamas burst across the barrier to Israel on Oct. 7, gunning down 1,300 Israelis, mainly civilians.
The State Department said over 3,000 U.S. citizens have also told the department they have successfully departed Israel and the West Bank in a variety of ways.
