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Germany urges citizens to leave Lebanon ‘urgently’

The German foreign ministry has updated its travel guidance for the country, saying: “German nationals are urgently requested to leave Lebanon.”

“The current heightened tensions in the border area with Israel could escalate further at any time,” the ministry explained. There is also an “increased risk of terrorist attacks” in Lebanon, which could be directed against Western foreigners or large hotels, it added.

Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have traded near-daily cross-border fire since the war on Gaza began in October, with tensions escalating in recent weeks. That has fed fears that an all-out war may break out in the region.

 

Israeli forces hit another southern Lebanon town

Lebanese platforms and journalists on the social media platform X have shared footage of the Israeli raid on the Mashaa neighbourhood in the town of Nabatieh.

The videos, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad, show plumes of smoke rising and damage caused by the attack.

Five people injured in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon

Lebanese state media has reported that five people have been injured after an Israeli strike on a two-storey building in the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon.

The strike destroyed the building at around 10pm local time (19:00 GMT), it said, adding that five people who were in the vicinity of the structure were wounded and taken to hospital.

Earlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah claimed six attacks against Israeli military positions in the border region.

Israeli attack kills two in southern Syria: Report

The Syrian state media agency SANA has reported that two people have been killed and a soldier injured after Israel launched an “air aggression” targeting sites in Syria’s southern region.

A military source told SANA that Israel launched the attack from the direction of the “occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a number of points in the southern region”.

The source added that its air defences shot some of the missiles down.