The Argentine Government warned its citizens about "a possible military escalation" in Middle East and asked to avoid trips to Lebanon, in a context of growing tension in the area due to possible attacks by Iran or the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah against Israel.
"Faced with the risk of a possible military escalation in the Middle East, nationals who are in the Republic of Lebanon are suggested to be attentive to the evolution of the situation and to the statements published by the official accounts of the Argentine Foreign Ministry," requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship through a statement.
"Likewise, Argentine citizens are recommended to avoid or postpone trips to that country," added the text, which also offered contact channels for those who require consular assistance.
This message takes place within the framework of a spike in violence in the area after the elimination in Beirut by Israel of the top commander of the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, Fuad Shukr, and the death in Tehran of the leader of the political bureau of the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in an attack attributed by the ayatollah regime to the Jewish State.
The situation in Lebanon has deteriorated after a Hezbollah bombing on July 27 against a soccer field in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel, which caused the death of twelve children and adolescents.
In recent days, multiple airlines have canceled air routes to both Lebanon and Israel, and numerous countries have issued travel alerts to their citizens.
Hezbollah announced yesterday the launch of eight attacks against northern Israel, in a new day of border violence in which at least two fighters of the Shiite terrorist group - one of them 17 years old - died in Israeli bombings against southern Lebanon .
The group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, announced on Thursday in a speech that they will respond strongly to the bombing that killed Shukr this week, as well as an Iranian military advisor and five civilians on the outskirts of Beirut, where nearly 80 others were also injured. people.
For his part, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened Israel with revenge for the elimination of Haniyeh on Iranian soil.
Meanwhile, Israel is working alongside the United States to coordinate a new international coalition to thwart a possible response.
Agencies contributed to this Aurora article