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.