Some UK nationals are being told to make their way home urgently
The Foreign Office has issued a new travel alert to 19 countries, amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
Countries specifically named where vigilance is paramount are Egypt, Bahrain, Algeria, UAE, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, The Occupied Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Oman, Morocco, Libya, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Lebanon itself. UK nationals are urged to make their trip home urgently if currently in Lebanon, the Mirror reports.
Six bodies have since been retrieved from the debris and efforts are ongoing to locate the rest in the village of al-Ain, as per the National News Agency. The Israeli army has stated that it is targeting Hezbollah locations in Lebanon.
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