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The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is warning Individuals there to “book any ticket available” on the dwindling variety of flights departing the nation as combating between Israel and Hezbollah is quickly escalating.
In an alert issued Tuesday, the Embassy mentioned “most airlines have suspended or cancelled flights, and many flights have sold out; however, limited commercial transportation options to leave Lebanon still remain available.
“We urge those that want to depart Lebanon to e book any ticket obtainable to them, even when that flight doesn’t depart instantly or doesn’t comply with their first-choice route,” the Embassy warned.
“We advocate that U.S. residents who select to not depart Lebanon put together contingency plans for emergency conditions and be ready to shelter in place for an prolonged time period,” it added.
LEBANON BANS PAGERS AND WALKIE-TALKIES ON AIRPLANES FOLLOWING EXPLOSIONS TARGETING HEZBOLLAH TERRORISTS
People gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, Sept. 20. (AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The warning comes as the Israeli military and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah are increasingly trading rocket fire across the Israel-Lebanon border.
Last week, two days of pager and walkie-talkie explosions targeting members of Hezbollah prompted Lebanese officials to ban the devices from being brought onboard planes departing Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, according to reports.
Smoke billows over southern Lebanon during ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on Tuesday, Sept. 24. (Reuters/Aziz Taher / Reuters)
The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, which is located in the country’s capital of Beirut, said Tuesday that “U.S. residents who lack funds to return to the USA might contact the embassy for monetary help to buy tickets by way of repatriation loans.
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Folks stroll with their baggage outdoors Beirut Rafic Hariri Worldwide Airport on Thursday, Sept. 19. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir / Reuters)
“U.S. military-assisted evacuations of civilians from a foreign country are rare. U.S. Citizens should not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation in a crisis,” it additionally mentioned. “In the case of an evacuation, you may not be able to leave with your extended family, cannot take pets, and will be expected to reimburse the U.S. government for your transportation to a safe location.”
Airways have been canceling flights to Lebanon because the safety state of affairs there’s rising unstable.
A Lebanese Center East Airways aircraft is parked on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Hariri Worldwide Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir / Reuters)
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Lufthansa Group, whose passenger airways embody Lufthansa Airways, SWISS, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airways and Eurowings, informed FOX Enterprise final week that “due to the current situation” within the Center East, “flights to Beirut will be suspended until October 26, 2024.”
