A growing number of countries are asking their citizens to leave Lebanon for fear of reprisals from Iran following the assassination of Ismail Haniya and senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr.

Today, France was added to the list of countries advising its citizens to leave Lebanon while flights are still operating after several airlines suspended flights. The French Foreign Ministry reiterated that it recommends that French citizens not travel to Lebanon.

The countries that have issued warnings so far are:

-France
-United States
-United Kingdom
-Netherlands
-Canada
-India
-Jordan
-Saudi Arabia
-Germany
-Ireland
-Norway
-Sweden
-Belgium
-Denmark
-Australia
-Russia
-Spain

“We encourage those wishing to depart Lebanon to book whatever ticket is available to them, even if that flight does not depart immediately or does not follow their first choice route. US citizens who do not have the money to return to the United States can contact the embassy for financial assistance through repatriation loans. We recommend that US citizens who choose not to depart Lebanon prepare contingency plans for emergencies and be prepared to shelter in place for an extended period of time.” the US embassy points out.

The tension increases even more

Day by day the tension in the Middle East rises even more with Israel expecting Iran’s retaliation, as it has warned On Saturday night a barrage of rockets was launched by Hezbollah against Israel. According to Israeli media, most of the rockets were intercepted by air defense systems. Footage posted on social media shows Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepting the missiles. There are no reports of casualties.

A knife attack took place on Sunday morning in central Israel, specifically, in the city of Holon, outside Tel Aviv, killing two people, a man and a woman in their 70s, and injuring two more.

The attacker was a 34-year-old man from Salfit, a town in the northern occupied West Bank, who had entered Israel illegally, according to Israeli media.

After the attack, Israeli forces they closed the entrance to Salfit – a development that suggested Israeli forces were preparing to storm the city.

Wave of Israeli arrests and raids in Gaza

Israel carried out a wave of overnight raids and arrests in towns and villages across the occupied West Bank.

Two Palestinians were arrested in Dura, south of Hebron, and another man was arrested in Qalqilya, west of Nablus. Raids also took place in other areas near Ramallah, where a Palestinian was shot and wounded.

At the same time, there is a clear indication that Israel intensifies the blows of in all areas they provide humanitarian services then the strike he carried out at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital where at least five people were killed and injured 18. Specifically, the Israeli airstrike hit a tent inside a hospital complex in central Gaza after a fire broke out.

The Israeli military said it hit a fighter “carrying out terrorist activities” and that secondary explosions were detected, indicating the presence of weapons in the area.

At the same time, at least 17 people died after an Israeli strike on Saturday at her school Gaza and more than 60 were injured, increasing the “black list” of war victims. This is a blow to a place where they had found refuge displaced who were forced to leave their homes due to Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.

“Seventeen martyrs and many wounded are the toll of the Israeli bombardment at the school in Hamama,” says the announcement of the civil protection service in Gaza.