Germany to evacuate diplomats' families from Israel, Lebanon
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, on Sept 27.
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BERLIN - Germany said Sept 28 it would withdraw diplomats’ families and reduce staffing at its missions in Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
In a statement the foreign ministry said its crisis cell had met on Sept 28 to discuss “the highly tense situation in Lebanon and the wider region after the latest attacks” and had decided “to raise the crisis level for the missions in Beirut, Ramallah and Tel Aviv”.
“In concrete terms, this means that family members of personnel posted there will leave and travel to a safe location in the region or in Germany,” the ministry said.
It added that “posted personnel will be thinned out, while taking care to ensure that the missions will still be able to carry out the full range of their work”.
Germany currently has travel warnings in place for its citizens for Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. AFP
