Jordan urges citizens to evacuate Lebanon immediately
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a renewed warning to its citizens advising against travel to Lebanon because of the continuing Israeli attacks.
The ministry also urged Jordanians currently in Lebanon to leave the country.
On Saturday, Israel launched an intense wave of air raids on southern Lebanon. The Lebanese group responded by firing a large number of rockets – some of the heaviest fighting since the war on Gaza broke out last October.
US renews travel warning for Lebanon as fighting escalates
The State Department said it renewed its travel advisory for Lebanon, continuing to urge US citizens not to travel there and for those already in the country to leave immediately.
“Due to the unpredictable nature of ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel and recent explosions throughout Lebanon, including Beirut, the US Embassy urges US citizens to depart Lebanon while commercial options still remain available,” it said in a statement.
With at least 70 people killed in Lebanon this week, the death toll in the country since October has surpassed 740 during the worst Israel-Hezbollah flare-up since the 2006 war.
Drone attack near southern Lebanon border
The National News Agency reports that an unmanned aerial vehicle fired two missiles at the border town of Dahra.
Earlier, the Israeli military said that dozens of warplanes were attacking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as cross-border exchanges intensify and fears grow of an all-out war between the decades-old enemies.
Israeli army claims 400 new attacks on southern Lebanon
Israeli fighter jets have struck about 290 locations in southern Lebanon since Saturday afternoon, the Israeli army said in a post on X.
The Israeli military said it also attacked an additional 110 locations in southern Lebanon in the past several hours.
The attacks targeted Hezbollah launchers and military infrastructure, the Israeli military claimed.
Sparks fly at the site of an Israeli air strike on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar late on Saturday
