Delta Galil workers leave Egypt too

The Israeli workers of the Delta Galil textile factory left Egypt following the mob attack on the Israeli Embassy building in Cairo, although the Foreign Ministry did not instruct them to leave, Ynet has learned.

"Immediately after the attempt to storm the embassy, when we evacuated the diplomats, we were approached by workers of the Delta factory who were next to the embassy and asked to be evacuated as well. They flew to Israel on the same plane," a Foreign Ministry source told Ynet.

"We weren't approached by workers of other private companies, but the atmosphere in Cairo is very tense and they may have left to Israel or elsewhere independently."

It should be noted that the Israeli factory, which employs tens of thousands of Egyptians, is practicing business as usual. Delta also has a large factory in Irbid, Jordan, and this is not the first time the Israelis working in the Egyptian and Jordanian factories leave in times of high political tensions.

As opposed to the previous times, however, at the moment it's unclear if and when the Israeli workers will return to Egypt.

Delta and other Israeli companies employ dozens of Israeli workers in Cairo, mostly in managerial roles. Israeli factories in Jordan employ hundreds of Israeli workers, most of them Arab. For the time being, they are staying there as planned.

Thousands of Israeli workers are employed in Turkey, and none of them has left in the meantime following the deterioration in the diplomatic relations between the countries.