Second flight to evacuate Britons from Israel scheduled for Tuesday
Flight tracking websites show a A-400M plane is scheduled to depart Tel Aviv for the UK's military base in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Passengers are then expected to be transferred onto a civilian charter aircraft for their onwards journey to the UK.
The first Britons to be evacuated from Israel via this route landed at Birmingham airport in the early hours of Tuesday.
Passengers paid £350 each for the journey, which was organised by the Foreign Office.
Israeli airline El Al is also operating a commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Heathrow airport, which is due to arrive at 8.20pm on Tuesday.
Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer told the Commons that the 'flow of flights out of Israel still remain limited' because of the country's conflict with Iran.
He went on: 'British nationals in Israel will want to make their own judgments about whether they will want to wait for a flight or make a land journey, and my officials are available to advise every constituent on the options before them.'
He added: 'We are providing support and advice to more than 1,000 British nationals as they seek to leave the region by land and air.
'We have deployed teams to Israel, Cyprus, Egypt and Jordan.
'Our embassy in Tehran has been temporarily withdrawn but continues to provide support for British nationals in Iran remotely.'
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