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European countries were urging their citizens to leave Lebanon amid growing tensions between the country and Israel.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee, known as COBRA, on the matter earlier on Tuesday, Lammy said.
Australia joins the warnings
“My message to British nationals in Lebanon is, therefore, quite simple: leave,” Lammy said.
Following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday morning and Iran’s ongoing threats of retaliation against Israel, on Thursday morning, Australia asked its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, saying there was a real risk that the tensions between Israel and Hezbollah could escalate seriously.