from ZeroHedge:
On Tuesday White House national security spokesman John Kirby urged that all Americans should leave Lebanon immediately while there are still flights. Two days of heavy Israeli airstrikes targeting especially Hezbollah strongholds of the south have killed at least 558 people and left 1,835 injured, according to the latest Lebanese Healthy Ministry figures. The situation is growing more urgent as the war comes to Beirut.
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“We want to make sure that there are still commercial options available for Americans to leave, and they should be leaving now while those options are available,” Kirby told ABC News. The US Embassy in Beirut has since October a year ago issued several alerts and warnings telling Americans to leave the country.
The US has warships in the Mediterranean in the scenario that direct emergency evacuations of stranded US citizens are needed.
Lebanese government sources say that among the over 500 dead are 50 children. Official figures have not distinguished the rest of the fatalities between militants and civilians.
Also on Tuesday Israel launched a third airstrike on the Lebanese capital, again targeting a southern neighborhood in what’s possibly another attempt to take out Hezbollah commanders. Israel’s military says it has attacked over 1,300 Hezbollah targets over the prior 24 hours.
Since yesterday and throughout the night, tens of thousands of civilians have made their way on clogged freeways from the south to north. Many poured into Beirut while others went all the way north to Tripoli.
The below video shows a fresh strike on the Lebanese capital Tuesday:
غارة إسرائيلية على منطقة الغبيري في الضاحية الجنوبية لبيروت #lebanon24 pic.twitter.com/dkYJ9SXmZw
— Lebanon 24 (@Lebanon24) September 24, 2024
