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Following the tension between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, China has urged it's citizens in Israel to vacate as soon as possible.
This information was contained in a statement by the China's embassy in Israel.
The statement read: “Currently, the situation along the Israel-Lebanon border is extremely tense, with frequent military conflicts.
“The security situation in Israel remains severe, complex, and unpredictable,” the statement added.
The embassy urged Chinese citizens in Israel to “return home or relocate to safer areas as soon as possible”.
Israel and Hezbollah had on Sunday threatened to escalate their cross-border attacks despite international calls for both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war.
Recall that an Israeli air strike in a densely populated Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut Friday killed the head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Aqil.
It came after a series of coordinated communications device blasts on Tuesday and Wednesday across Lebanon that killed 39 people and wounded almost 3,000, and which were blamed on Israel.
China last month asked its citizens in Lebanon to leave after an Israeli strike in the country killed a senior Palestinian militant.
