Australia tells residents to depart Israel, Palestinian territories if ‘secure to take action’

SYDNEY: Australia on Friday informed its residents to go away Israel if doable, citing a “excessive menace of navy reprisals and terrorist assaults”, issuing an identical warning for the Palestinian territories.
“We urge Australians in each Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories to depart if it is secure to take action,” the Division of International Affairs stated in a journey advisory replace.
Australia’s authorities had beforehand informed residents to keep away from journey to each areas if doable and, if involved, to go away.
This extra pressing warning got here as Israel and Iran traded direct aerial barrages, dramatically escalating animosities after years of oblique and covert clashes.
“Army assaults might end in airspace closures, flight cancellations and diversions and different journey disruptions,” Australia’s diplomats stated.
“Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport might pause operations on account of heightened safety considerations at any time, and at quick discover.”