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lebanon and israel slide towards the brink of all-out war, and international flights face increasing pressure

2024-09-22

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interface news reporter | chen shenglong

interface news editor | liu haichuan

interface news reporter | chen shenglong

interface news editor | liu haichuan

armed conflict between lebanon and israel escalates, the war alarm in the middle east sounded again.european airlines such as lufthansa and air france have recently announced the suspension of flights to tel aviv, israel, tehran, iran, beirut, lebanon and other middle eastern hotspots. ryanair, easyjet, delta, united airlines and others, which had suspended some middle eastern flights at the end of july, have not resumed flights yet.

the u.s. embassy in lebanon updated its travel advisory to level 4, urging all u.s. citizens to leave lebanon via available commercial flights.embassies of countries such as france, britain and canada also recommend not to travel to the area.

on the afternoon of september 21, 2024within an hour, the israeli army launched hundreds of air strikes on southern lebanon and the western bekaa region. the upper galilee region in northern israel was attacked by 25 rockets, some of which were intercepted and fell to the ground and caught fire.the israel defense forces closed the airspace north of the country's northern coastal city of hadera from that morning, but international flights were not affected for the time being.

as of the time of writing, israel's airstrikes on beirut on the 20th have killed at least 37 people, including 3 children and 7 women, and injured 68 others. this is the deadliest attack by israel on beirut since 2006. lebanese caretaker prime minister mikati angrily criticized israel's attacks, saying they "disregard humanitarianism, law or morality." he alsocall on the international community to put pressure on israel.