Cairo: Amid ongoing military escalation in the region between Iran and Israel, all Egyptian pilgrims who traveled through tourism companies for Hajj have safely returned home from Saudi Arabia within a single week.

According to State Information Service Egypt, Samia Sami, Assistant Minister for Tourism Companies and Head of the Official Egyptian Hajj Tourist Mission, stated that the pilgrimage concluded in record time due to the regional situation.

A total of 80 tourist buses, carrying approximately 7,500 pilgrims, departed smoothly from Mecca and Medina. The pilgrims traveled via the Halat Ammar land crossing on the Saudi-Jordanian border, continued through the Jordanian port of Aqaba, and finally arrived at Egypt's Nuweiba port.