JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has issued immediate evacuation orders for residents of 25 towns in southern Lebanon amid a huge air campaign on the country. Military spokesman Avichay Adraee asked residents of the targeted towns to leave their homes and move north of the Awali River. The list of the targeted towns include […]
LONDON (AA) – Norway has advised all its citizens in Lebanon to leave while it remains possible and warned against any travel to the region. According to an official statement, Norway’s ambassador to Lebanon will remain in Beirut, along with a small number of diplomats, to monitor the situation. The announcement comes as Israel intensifi...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has yet again ordered the residents in northern Gaza to leave their homes and head south. In a statement, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee instructed northern Gaza residents to evacuate “immediately via Salah al-Din Street” to reach what he claimed to be a “safe humanitarian zone.” “The ...
Director of hospitals in Gaza, Dr. Marwan al-Hams, has called for an end to Israeli threats to evacuate several hospitals in the region. The Israeli army has demanded the evacuation of Kamal Adwan, Indonesian, and Al-Awda Hospitals, raising fears of severe repercussions for patients and staff. Al-Hams warns of potential crimes against health w...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canada ramped up efforts to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon on Monday as the security situation in the country deteriorates. “The security situation in Lebanon is becoming increasingly dangerous and volatile. The airport remains open and commercial flights are still available,” Minister of Foreign A...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japan has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon and dispatched aircraft to evacuate its citizens, as Israel carries out extensive strikes in the country. Defense Minister Kihara Minoru ordered the deployment of aircraft to Jordan and Greece to prepare for a possible evacuation of Lebanon-based Japanese nationals as Israel c...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia does not have enough capacity to assist its citizens in Lebanon amid bombing by Israel, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said. “The numbers of Australians in Lebanon are beyond the capacity of the government to provide assistance to all,” Wong said. She emphasized the urgency for Australians to leave ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 100,000 displaced Palestinians in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in Gaza have no place to seek refuge from Israeli forces’ bombardment, as Israel destroyed 20 shelter centers over the last two days after issuing evacuation orders, the city municipality has said. In a brief statement, the ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents in several areas of central and southern Gaza Strip, which were previously designated as “humanitarian safe zones.” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that residents of Blocks 89-2356 in the neighborhoods of east Deir al-Balah and those in the neig...
Rennes, France — AFP When Israeli air strikes hit his neighbourhood early on in the war on Gaza, Palestinian social worker Tareq Abu Eita, 42, saw his whole life upended in seconds. The vicious Israeli bombardment on October 14 blew in the walls of his two-storey family home. It killed his 77-year-old father Hamed, his […]
