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Foreign embassies have announced preventive measures amid fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Beirut: Foreign embassies in Lebanon continued to take precautionary measures on Saturday amid fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart, Abdallah Bouhabib, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelati expressed his country's deep concern about the dangerous escalation in the region. Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Abdelati confirmed Egypt's support for Lebanon “in dealing with threats around it”.
Egypt's statement came as the United States and Britain urged their citizens in Lebanon to leave the country immediately.
Despite the suspension and cancellation of flights, “commercial transportation options remain available out of Lebanon,” the US embassy said.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said tensions were “high and the situation could deteriorate rapidly.”
The Swedish Embassy recently announced that it is moving its staff to Cyprus due to security concerns.
Several airlines canceled or extended the suspension of their flights to Beirut due to the escalation of tensions. Dutch airline Transavia extended the suspension of flights to and from Beirut until Tuesday, as did Air France. Kuwait Airways will suspend its flights to and from Beirut from Monday.
As Israel awaits Hezbollah's response to Tuesday's killing of its top military commander, Fawad Shakar, the Israeli military resumed assassinations of Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon on the Beirut-Damascus road on Saturday.
An Israeli strike targeted a residential building in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing seven civilians, and an IDF drone targeted a car on al-Bazoriya Road in Tire, setting it on fire and killing the driver. Hezbollah identified the victim as Nazih Abid Ali from the village of Itit in the south of this country. According to reports, the victim was the brother of an aid worker – Mahmoud Abed Ali – who rushed to the scene of the attack. Videos circulating on social media show Mahmoud a few kilometers away from Aiti, saying “crying is forbidden” and collecting the body of his brother, who is a “father of three”.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center confirmed that one person was killed and two others were injured in this attack.
A few hours later, the Syrian Observatory reported that one person was killed in an Israeli attack that targeted a vehicle on the Damascus-Beirut road.
Israel also expanded its attacks towards the borders of Lebanon and Syria on Friday night and Saturday morning. The Zionist regime's fighters targeted the vicinity of al-Qasir city and Al-Daba'a military airport.
Israeli forces also attacked the Matraba crossing – an illegal Hezbollah crossing used to transport trucks and members from Lebanon to Syria and vice versa.
According to AFP, Israel also targeted a truck convoy around Hosh al-Sayed Ali, killing a Syrian driver.
Israeli shelling targeted the houses of the border villages, including Rab Al-Thirahin, Hawlah, Tayir al-Ghar, Aita al-Shaab, and Mis al-Jabal, which resulted in the destruction of property, but there were no more casualties.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted Israeli military positions with missiles, including “the al-Asi site, the al-Sumqah site in the occupied Kafr Shuba hills, a military force in the settlement of Avivim” and a building used by Israeli soldiers in Matat. Agreement.”
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah vowed at Shakar's funeral to take “decisive action” and warned Israelis that “they will be crying instead of laughing.”
Several security sources reported that as a precautionary measure, Hezbollah evacuated locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut, including houses where party officials resided.
Since the fighting began on October 8, the total number of casualties among Hezbollah, its allies, and Lebanese and non-Lebanese civilians is 521.
Israeli media on Saturday reported an unusual incident in northern Israel, specifically in the town of Liman in the Upper Galilee, where a man was trying to infiltrate into Lebanon. The man's identity has not been revealed.

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