Israel war: Amid rising cross-border tensions, US, UK advise citizens to leave Lebanon

With the Israel-Lebanon border tensions escalating, the United States and British embassies in Beirut have advised their citizens to leave Lebanon. Both countries advised citizens to leave Lebanon while flights "remain available".

Earlier, US State Department issued a travel advisory urging its citizens not to travel to Lebanon due to the "unpredictable security situation".

Since the Hamas attack on October 7, tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border also flared up with Israel launching airstrikes in the region.

Recently, Israel evacuated around 28 settlements from the 2km stretch along the Lebanon border fearing airstrikes by Hezbollah. Hezbollah also claimed to have destroyed the Israeli surveillance cameras installed along the border.

Since the Israel-Hamas conflict, around 3,700 Gazans has died so far.

Many Arab and western countries have already encouraged their nationals to avoid travel to Lebanon. Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged its citizens to leave Lebanon "immediately" and Kuwait also warning against travelling there.

France, Germany, Canada and Australia have also warned against travel to Lebanon.

According to AFP reports, cross border tensions have killed at least 21 people in Lebanon.