Breaking news! "Dozens of rockets fired at Israel"

2024-08-04

Local time on the 4th

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Dozens of rockets

Hezbollah: Rockets fired at Israel

In the early morning of the 4th local time,Lebanon's Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel.

Earlier that day, CCTV reporters learned that several rockets were fired from Lebanon at Shemona and other places in northern Israel.

IDF launches airstrikes in southern Lebanon

Earlier, on August 3rd local time, the Israel Defense Forces said that its fighter jets launched an air strike on Hezbollah armed buildings and infrastructure in an area in southern Lebanon that evening.

▲ On August 1, local time, Lebanon was hit by Israeli airstrikes

The Israeli military also confirmed that earlier that day, an Israeli drone airstrike killed a Lebanese Hezbollah militant.

Many countries urge their citizens to evacuate Lebanon as soon as possible

Due to the recent increasing risk of military escalation in the Middle East, on the 3rd, the United States, Britain, Sweden and other countries asked their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.

On the 3rd local time, the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon issued a statement urging American citizens to use "any available tickets" to leave Lebanon.

The British Foreign Office also issued a statement on the 3rd, urging British citizens to leave Lebanon immediately while commercial transport is still operating.

Swedish Foreign Minister Billström said on the 3rd that in view of the escalating conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to temporarily close its embassy in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and withdraw its diplomatic personnel. This temporary decision will be implemented for one month and may be extended depending on the security situation in Lebanon.

On the same day, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs issued a statement calling on Jordanian citizens not to travel to Lebanon for the time being and requiring Jordanian citizens in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible.

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