Countries advise citizens to leave Lebanon after Middle-East war escalates

As fears of war escalating in the Middle-East increased, several countries urged their citizens to leave Lebanon. Iran-backed Hezbollah started launching rockets at Israel after the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyen.

Iran has blamed the killing on Israel, but Israel is silent. Haniyen’s assassination came hours after Israel killed Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, the only commercial airport in Lebanon.

Citizens of the US, the UK, Sweden, France, Italy, Canada and Jordan urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.

The U.S. issued advisory warning its citizens to take the first available flight and leave Lebanon, where Hezbollah has its base and would be playing a serious retaliatory role against Israel. The process is bound to invite serious response from Israel too, flaring up the war.

Diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and other countries to de-escalate the war has so far yielded little result.