The United States and France are warning their citizens against all travel to Lebanon amid fears the Israel-Hamas conflict could spread throughout the region.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militant group based in southern Lebanon, has been exchanging fire with Israel’s military at the border in recent days, igniting worries of a wider conflict in the area as the country prepares to launch an expected ground offensive against Hamas.Oct. 7 that shook the Middle East and has left thousands dead on both sides in the aftermath: 1,300 dead from the attack in Israel, and roughly 3,000 dead in Gaza, according to authorities for both.
As of Wednesday morning, Ottawa’s travel advisory for Lebanon remained as avoiding all non-essential travel. Global Affairs Canada did not immediately return Global News’ comment request about whether that will be changed to a full do-not-travel advisory for the country. Ottawa did tell its citizens in Lebanon on Tuesday to leave the country while commercial flights were still available.
Israel’s military denied responsibility for the bombing, saying military intelligence suggested the hospital was hit by a failed rocket launch by the enclave’s Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group. Islamic Jihad denied that any of its rockets were involved in the hospital blast.In the most serious flare-up at the frontier in 17 years, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have traded fire almost daily since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded with fierce air strikes on Gaza.
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