Reuters, WASHINGTON - As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, the US State Department urged Americans living in Lebanon on Saturday to leave the country while they still had options for commercial flights. the final few days. On Sunday, September 22, 2024, the AFP news agency made this public.
According to a statement from Washington, "the US Embassy urges Americans to leave due to the difficult estimates of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, as well as the recent eruptions across Lebanon, including in Beirut." Commercial flights are still operated out of Lebanon. Although fewer, commercial flights are still available today. There might be no choice but to depart on commercial aircraft if the security situation gets worse.
After an Israeli attack in the southern city of Beirut killed a major, the United States also increased the alert level for travel to Lebanon and its occupants in late July. a high ranking Hezbollah commander. Israel claimed the death of Hezbollah Special Forces chief Radwan and several other commanders on Friday when it bombed Beirut again in the south.
According to the Lebanese health ministry, 37 people have died as a result of the airstrikes, which come after two days of explosions caused by equipment connected to Hezbollah that left thousands injured and dozens dead. Hezbollah declared that Israel was the author of it.
For nearly a year now, Hezbollah has been fighting Israel on behalf of Palestinian Hamas, which is at war with Israel in the Gaza Strip. However, the fighting has intensified dramatically in the last few days as Israel seems to have turned its attention to the northern border after weakening Hamas.
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