Alwaght-Over the past four days, at least 1,000 Egyptians have been evacuated from Libya, the country where the ISIL Takfiri terrorists were recently shown purportedly beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians .
The Egyptians, who had fled to Tunisia, have been airlifted home, said a spokeswoman for the Tunisian Transport Ministry, whose name was not mentioned in the report .
The Tunisian official also stated that 250 more Egyptians were expected to leave from the southeastern Djerba-Zarzis airport by 1600 GMT .
The Takfiri group released a video on February 15 that appeared to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a beach near the Libyan capital city of Tripoli. The victims had reportedly been abducted in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte in two incidents in December and January .
The day after, Egypt’s warplanes hit militant targets in Derna, eastern Libya, in retaliation for the slaughter of the Copts .
Derna is located roughly 300 kilometers (about 190 miles) from the border with Egypt. The town is regarded as a base for ISIL in eastern Libya .
Cairo has urged hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, who work in Libya, to leave and chartered planes to ferry them home from Tunisia .
Reports also said on February 19 that a group of 192 Egyptians had left Libya for Tunisia .
Last month, Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni warned that Libya may turn into a safe haven for the ISIL Takfiri terrorists, who currently control swathes of land in Syria and Iraq, thus posing a significant challenge to the security and stability of the world .
