Northeastern students in Israel during Hamas attack safely evacuated with help of university global security team

Headshots of three students who were in Israel at the time of the attack.
From left, Jesse Ruigomez, Keren Doherty and Joshua Einhorn. Courtesy photos

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All three Northeastern students who were in Israel during Hamas’ surprise attack have been safely evacuated from the country with the help of the university’s global security team.

Two of the students, Jesse Ruigomez and Keren Doherty, were completing co-ops in Tel Aviv. The third student, Joshua Einhorn, is an N.U.in student studying in Greece. He was in Jerusalem visiting family and friends for the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah.

Northeastern provided Ruigomez and Doherty transportation and a security detail from Tel Aviv to Ben Gurion Airport near the city of Lod, Israel, about 40 miles from Gaza. From there, Ruigomez took a flight to Madrid, Spain, where he has family. Doherty took a flight to Lisbon, Portugal.

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