The German Foreign Ministry is planning to evacuate Germans from Lebanon by ship due to the latest escalation in the Middle East.
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On July 27, militants from the terrorist group Hezbollah shelled the village of Majdal Shams, located in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
A rocket carrying a 53-kilogram warhead fell near a football field where a children’s match was taking place. At least 12 people were killed and dozens were seriously injured.
The Israeli authorities announced retaliatory measures. Thus, the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that “there will be a response – and it will be tough.” After this, the crisis center of the German Foreign Ministry began to develop a plan for the evacuation of German citizens from Lebanon.
Since October 2023, German citizens have been advised to leave Lebanon and not to return there. The German government has now once again called on citizens to leave the country. However, at least 1,400 German citizens remain in Lebanon.
The situation in Lebanon has been the first topic of discussion at crisis group meetings for several weeks now, Manja Klise, head of the German Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Response Center, told BILD.
Berlin believes that evacuating German citizens by plane in the event of a war is dangerous, the land route through Syria is closed, so there is only one option – the port of Beirut, which, however, was completely destroyed in a powerful explosion in 2020. The reconstruction of the seaport is still ongoing.
Despite this, according to BILD, the German authorities are considering the option of evacuating citizens by sea as the main one. It is planned that people will be transported to Cyprus, and from there they will fly further.
Source: Racurs
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