Israeli authorities have said that 153 Palestinians who turned up unexpectedly in South Africa, triggering questions from its president, had received entry approval from an unnamed third country.
After landing in Johannesburg on Thursday local time, the Palestinians were kept aboard their plane for 12 hours because they did not have departure stamps from Israel in their passports, South African border police said.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told journalists on Friday that it seemed “like they were being flushed out”.
“These are people from Gaza who somehow mysteriously were put on a plane that passed by Nairobi and came here,” he said.
Ramaphosa said South African intelligence agencies, the Department of Home Affairs, and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation were now assessing the situation.
“We are going to do a proper evaluation and see what the future portends,” he added.
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