Concerns are growing about escalating violence in southern Lebanon between the Islamist Hezbollah movement and Israel. The Canadian government on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave the country as quickly as possible “while they can.”
“It’s time to leave while trade options are still available,” Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said. “The security situation in Lebanon is becoming increasingly unstable and unpredictable due to ongoing and growing violence between Hezbollah and Israel,” she warns.
Addressing Canadians in Lebanon, the minister said, “If armed conflict escalates, your ability to leave the country and our ability to provide you with consular services may be impacted,” recalling that Canada does not offer any assistance when leaving the territory.
The war in the Gaza Strip, sparked by the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, led to an increase in clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border between the IDF and Hezbollah, which had already been fought in 2006.
Fears of Israeli redeployment
Skirmishes between the Israeli army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a powerful Islamist movement allied with Hamas and armed and financed by Iran, have displaced tens of thousands of residents in border areas of southern Lebanon and northern Israel.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “after the end of the tense phase” in the Gaza Strip, the army “will be able to move some forces to the north,” near the border with Lebanon, heightening concerns about the situation. continuation of the conflict.
According to the official Lebanese Press Agency, strikes were carried out in Lebanon on Monday, with Hezbollah, for its part, announcing that it had carried out strikes on three Israeli military sites on the other side of the border. The United States warned on Tuesday that the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war.
Source: Le Parisien
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