‘She should be taking her mock exams’: Father’s desperate plea to bring home daughter, 15, stranded in Israel
Fifteen -year -old Bella Baker should be in a class in Leeds, starting GCSE Mock exams.
Instead, it is faced with the horror of the Israeli-Iran conflict. On Monday, 30 people were wounded in the dawn missile attack in the city because of a hotel in a hotel in the Northern Israeli port of Haifa.
Mother and couple, officials due to a rise in the war after the country’s landing and take -off after closing the airspace between Israel who can not return home dozens of British citizens.
The couple traveled to Israel for Bar Mitzvah, a family member who was a ritual in Judaism last Tuesday, but plans to come home on Sunday.
The attack resulted in increasing attacks between the two countries at the weekend. And on Monday morning, A new wave of missiles fired and killed eight people in Iran, Tel Aviv and Haifa.
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Bella’s father, Leslie Baker, now lives in a battle zone in Bella and her mother Haifa and cannot buy a flight or boat home.
Leeds North East Deputy Fabien Hamilton sent to a e -mail sent to Hamilton IndependentTechnology Advisor said: “My daughter is now accustomed to a new normal, sirens are coming and they were told to go to shelter at 3 o’clock, and then she was always told to stay near a shelter.
“Beaches and business areas are closed and define it as ‘return to Covid’ in a room waiting for the next sire.
“It should not be there. It should not be in the battle zone. Bella must start their mockery with the rest of the year group.”
Mr. Baker said Independent He was in contact with his daughter via WhatsApp and used an application to get notification for rocket warnings. He released a reality show to provide him with a home comfort Love island Sunday night, he called on him by phone while sitting in the bomb shelter of his hotel.
Bella and her mother stay in a hotel close to a relative’s house where they buy food supplies.
Bella, who is worried that the drugs that Bella has taken for a little more than a week will be exhausted, said, “He is afraid. He has never been in this case before and young. He wants to come home, see his friends and go back to school.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the situation can be “faster, faster and worse without warning.” British citizens in Israel are asked to follow their recommendations for local authorities.
However, when the airspace is closed and there is no sign of the British government that provides return flights, some British citizens are thinking of taking land transitions like Egypt to escape the war.
However, Mr. Baker told his daughter to pass the borders to neighboring countries because his daughter carries a “important dangerous risk”.
He urged the United Kingdom to provide flights to bring trapped, including former partner and daughter’s house.
He said: “The United Kingdom government has to do something, not only sit and do nothing. There must be boats to take people to Cyprus. You cannot leave the British citizens who are scared in the country without support or exit.”
Others also call for flights by the British government.
31 -year -old comedian Zach Margolin from North London was in Tel Aviv for his birthday when the conflict climbed. HE said Times: “Ideally, the United Kingdom government must be making a return flight, Mar Margolin said. “Single Update [from the Foreign Office] Don’t go to Israel. ”
72 -year -old grandfather James, Newcastle, was in Jerusalem for a six -day Christian pilgrimage. He told PA: “They (Foreign and the Community of Foreign and Nations) stole me and told me that they could not do. They can’t put any plane because the airspace is closed – the only thing they can do is send warnings and follow us.”
Mr. Eden is now thinking of traveling to Egypt from the land border.
Foreign Minister David Lammy X published in X: “My message to British citizens is open – your security continues to be our most important priority.”
Foreign, Community of Nations and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: “FCDO advises against all travels to Israel and Palestinian territory. British citizens should continue to follow the recommendations of local authorities.”
