3 Northeastern Students Abroad Evacuated During Hamas Attack: Report

BOSTON, MA — All three Northeastern University students who were in Israel during Hamas’ surprise attack have been safely evacuated with the help of a university security network which students who travel abroad are required to join, Northeastern Global News reported Monday.

The university provided students Jesse Ruigomez and Keren Doherty—who were completing co-ops in Tel Aviv—transportation and a security detail from Tel Aviv to Ben Gurion Airport, the outlet reported. From there, they each took international flights to safety.

The third student, Joshua Einhorn, took an already-booked flight from Jerusalem—where he was visiting family—to Greece, where he is studying abroad as part of the N.U.in program, according to the outlet.

The school's Global Safety and Support Network is a partnership between Northeastern and travel security and medical assistance professionals, including Crisis24 and the Collinson group, to help students abroad who are in need, Northeastern wrote on its website.

"By calling the 24/7 Travel Assistance Hotline, you have access to immediate assistance and information from our trusted partners," according to Northeastern.

Doherty told Northeastern Global News she woke up Saturday to the sound of sirens outside of her apartment in Tel Aviv before retreating to a bomb shelter with her parents, who were visiting for the weekend. Einhorn, who went to the synagogue earlier that day to observe Simchat Torah, also hurried to hide in a bomb shelter after a member of the family he was staying with knocked on his door.

Ruigomez explained that since he is working in central Israel, he was safe from much of the violence happening in the southern part of the country.

"But it’s a horrible situation all around," he said.

Read the full report in Northeastern Global News.