19 September 2024 , 18:34
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British nationals have been urged to leave Lebanon while they still can as tensions rise in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli jets caused sonic booms over Beirut as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech today.
He was warning of retaliation against Israel for the sychronised detonations of pagers and hand-held radios, which killed 37 and injured 3,000 this week.
Now Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged British citizens to leave Lebanon, warning the situation could ‘deteriorate rapidly’.
He said: ‘My message to British nationals in Lebanon is leave while commercial options remain.
‘Tensions are high and the situation could deteriorate rapidly.’
Low-flying Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier today just as Nasrallah warned ‘the resistance in Lebanon will not stop’ until the war in Gaza ends.