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"There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."

A French military aircraft is said to have airlifted Rajoelina from the Indian Ocean island to an unknown location, following a fortnight of nationwide protests aimed at kicking him out of power.

They were then reunited with loved ones at reception points near the Gaza border, before being airlifted to hospitals to begin the process of physical and psychological treatment.

The base is supplied weekly by the Canadian Air Force, and twice a year with bigger airlifts of fuel and cargo.

Four of the injured were airlifted to hospital, he added.