India, June 24 -- India evacuated nearly 3,000 of its nationals from Iran and Israel by Tuesday morning, using C-17 heavy lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force to fly out more than 600 citizens who were moved out of Israel to Egypt and Jordan by road.

The first group of 161 Indians moved from Israel to Jordan by road reached New Delhi in a chartered flight from Amman at 8:20am on Tuesday. The group was received at the airport by minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margrherita, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on social media.

Another group of 165 Indians moved from Israel to Jordan were flown back to New Delhi from Amman in a C-17 aircraft. When the flight landed at 8.45 am, the group was received b...