France calls on its nationals to go away Lebanon “as soon as possible” | EUROtoday
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Dn the evening of Saturday 3 to Sunday 4 August, Hezbollah despatched a number of dozen missiles in direction of Israel. The latter managed to intercept the thirty projectiles and introduced that it had retaliated with one other raid in direction of the Lebanese firing factors. In latest days, tensions had risen one other notch following the demise of the navy chief of Hezbollah, killed by an Israeli raid on Tuesday 30 July.
“In a very volatile security context, we once again draw the attention of French nationals, particularly those passing through, to the fact that direct commercial flights with stopovers to France are still available,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on its web site on Sunday. Several airways, together with Air France, have introduced in latest hours that connections to Beirut airport can be suspended till Tuesday, August 6 inclusive.
Maximum alert
French nationals are thus invited “to make arrangements now to leave Lebanon as soon as possible”, and French nationals on website are referred to as “to be extremely vigilant”.
READ ALSO Israel-Hezbollah: The Coming WarSweden had already introduced this Saturday, August 3, the closure of its embassy in Beirut and referred to as on its nationals to go away the nation. The United States is encouraging its residents there to take “any available plane ticket”, a message shared by the top of British diplomacy.
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