China's Embassy in Lebanon Warned Chinese Citizens Not to Travel to Country

A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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China's Embassy in Lebanon Warned Chinese Citizens Not to Travel to Country

A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

The Chinese embassy in Lebanon warned Chinese citizens not to travel to the country, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The embassy activated an emergency response plan, issued multiple security alerts and told citizens to take commercial flights to return to China, the spokesperson said at a regular press briefing.
Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon as tensions escalate in the Middle East.



Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Stop Striking Hezbollah

Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
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Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Stop Striking Hezbollah

Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is striking Lebanon’s Hezbollah “with full force” and won’t stop until its goals are achieved.

Netanyahu spoke as he landed in New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting and as US, European and some Arab officials were pressing for a 21-day halt in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah to give time for negotiations.

Netanyahu said Israel’s “policy is clear. We are continuing to strike Hezbollah with full force. And we will not stop until we reach all our goals, chief among them the return of the residents of the north securely to their homes.”

He added that he approved the “targeted killing operation” of the head of Hezbollah’s drone unit in south Beirut Thursday.

Israel has dramatically escalated strikes in Lebanon this week, saying it is targeting Hezbollah. Israeli leaders have said they are determined to stop more than 11 months of cross-border fire by the group into Israel, which has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of Israelis from communities in the north.