Final flight to leave Lebanon for UK tomorrow as Brits urged to get out immediately
5 October 2024, 10:01 | Updated: 5 October 2024, 12:37
The government has arranged a fourth and - for now final - flight to leave Beirut tomorrow.
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The Foreign Office has been urging British citizens to leave the country.
More than 250 British nationals have left on flights chartered by UK Government.
The department said more than 2,000 people have registered their presence in Lebanon.
Monday marks a year since the 7th October attacks. Peace marches are taking place in London over the weekend.
The UK has chartered a flight to leave Beirut on Sunday 6 October.
— Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) October 4, 2024
Any remaining British nationals who want to leave Lebanon are urged to register their presence immediately to receive details on how to request a seat.
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In a social media post on Friday evening, the Foreign Office said: "The UK has chartered a flight to leave Beirut on Sunday October 6.
"Any remaining British nationals who want to leave Lebanon are urged to register their presence immediately to receive details on how to request a seat."
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A hospital in southern Lebanon says nine staff have been injured as Israeli shells hit the facility while they were trying to evacuate.
More explosions have been heard across southern Beirut overnight.
Israel says its targeting the Intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah.
Israel began a ground incursion into Lebanon on Tuesday against the Hezbollah militant group, while continuing strikes in Gaza.
The Israeli military said nine soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas' cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage.
Israel declared war on the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip in response.
More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory, and just over half the dead have been women and children, according to local health officials.
Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since then, most of them since September 23, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
