Sarah Ahmadia, 27, along with two aunts and three cousins ages 2, 7, and 12, will make their way from Ahmadia aunt's home in Sharoon — a town in the mountains of Lebanon — to Beirut with help from family members in Lebanon's police force, Jamil Ahmadia said.

The U.S. embassy has not yet offered Ahmadia safe transportation to the city.

Jamil Ahmadia said the Kamehameha Schools biology teacher will travel on a U.S. ship to Cyprus and from there catch a plane back to the United States.

"My son talked to her," Jamil Ahmadia said. "We're hoping she'll give (my wife and me) a call when she gets on the ship."

In an earlier interview today with Sarah Ahmadia, she said the electricity is out in Sharoon, but noted, "We're OK with food and water."

Sarah Ahmadia had been visiting family in Lebanon since July 8 — about four days before the Israeli military began bombing in Lebanon, targeting the roads and infrastructure. On Friday, a road was bombed 500 yards from the house in Sofer where Ahmadia had been staying prior to traveling to her aunt's home.

According to the U.S. Department of State web page, an estimated 240 U.S. citizens will leave tomorrow by air, while another 2,200 will leave by way of ship. U.S. citizens in southern Lebanon will be bussed north to port for embarkation.

According to the Associate Press, after criticism from Congress, the State Department dropped plans to ask Americans to pay for their rides on commercial vessels.