UK tourists have issued a travel warning for Cyprus, Morocco, Dubai and more as a threat could ‘escalate quickly.’ UK tourists heading elsewhere in the European Union – and further afield – have been warned over the growing tension in Iran and Israel.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provided essential information on the hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. The Government body updated travel advice for those going to Cyprus, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt.
It said: “Ongoing hostilities in the region and between Israel and Lebanon could escalate quickly and pose risks for the wider region. On 1 October, Iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. On 26 October Israel carried out military action against Iran. Monitor this travel advice and other media as the situation is changing fast.”
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The FCDO added: “Follow and contact FCDO travel on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also get email notifications when this travel advice is updated.” Approximately 70 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past day, health officials in Gaza said, as Israel’s renewed campaign in the north of the strip shows no sign of slowing despite the revival of ceasefire talks after a three-month-long hiatus.
Separately, one person was killed when a truck rammed into a bus stop in Ramat Hasharon, north of Tel Aviv, on Sunday, in what Israeli police are treating as a suspected terrorist attack. About 40 people were injured to varying degrees, some seriously, and were taken to nearby hospitals, police said.
The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised the suspected attack but did not claim it. In a statement on Sunday, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, called the plight of civilians trapped by the fighting in north Gaza “unbearable”.
His office said: “The secretary general is shocked by the harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction in the north, with civilians trapped under rubble, the sick and wounded going without life-saving healthcare and families lacking food and shelter.”
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