US group stands ready to evacuate Americans from Israel

(JNS) — As tensions between Israel and Iran escalate, a group of American military veterans is preparing to evacuate U.S. citizens from the region for the second time since Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught on southwestern Israel.

“Our ambition is for every American who travels to know that Project DYNAMO is there to help them if the need were to arise,” Mario Duarte, president and CEO of the Florida-based organization, told JNS on Sunday.

Project DYNAMO was created in 2021, as the United States pulled forces out of Afghanistan. After the withdrawal, the organization’s first major mission rescued 117 s...