The United Kingdom temporarily withdraws staff from its embassy in Lebanon

In its update on the Lebanon travel warning, the Ministry stated: “Due to the security situation, some staff and all family members of staff at the British Embassy have been temporarily withdrawn.” On the other hand, it was stated that the Embassy continues with its basic tasks, including the services provided to British citizens.

In the travel warning issued after the start of Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the ministry recommended that people not travel to Lebanon unless necessary and that its citizens leave the country.

While Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, claiming to respond to Israel’s continued violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Israeli army also launched intense aerial bombardment on the Gaza Strip.

Israel announced that more than 1,400 Israelis, including 345 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 people were wounded in attacks carried out from Gaza. According to Israel, the number of soldiers killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip since October 31 has risen to 30, while the Qassam Brigades are holding 242 Israeli prisoners. An Israeli soldier was also killed in the occupied West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, 9,770 Palestinians, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women, were killed and at least 24,000 people were injured in Israeli attacks.

Israeli forces and Jewish settlers killed 151 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli army attacked the Shifa hospital, which is the largest health center in Gaza with thousands of wounded and civilians, the Nasr children’s hospital, the Al-Ehli Baptist hospital and the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital, as well as the surroundings of Jerusalem and Palestinian-affiliated Indonesian hospitals. Red Crescent, forcing evacuation. In clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8, 60 Hezbollah members and 4 Israeli soldiers were killed. (AA)