⬆️ #US embassy in #Beirut urges citizens to leave #Lebanon on 'any available ticket'

The advisory follows a similar warning from #UK Foreign Secretary #DavidLammy, who said the regional situation “could deteriorate rapidly”.

#Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against #Israel, which it blames for the death of #Hamas chief Ismail #Haniyeh in #Tehran on Wednesday. His assassination came hours after Israel killed #Hezbollah commander #FuadShukr in Beirut.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80xxeqel5po

#Hezbollah's Nasrallah: "New phase” in conflict w #Israel following assassinations of #FuadShukr and #IsmailHaniyeh

"The enemy, and those who are behind the enemy, must await our inevitable response. You do not know what red lines you crossed"

#Hamas #Gaza

#Hezbollah confirmeds death of military commander #FuadShukr in #Israel's airstrike on a southern Beirut residential block

Body found in rubble of a damaged building

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will make a statement on Thursday

#Lebanon #Gaza

#Israel’s Tues night strike on #FuadShukr, a snr #Hezbollah commander in #Beirut, was the first time during this #war that Israel has targeted such an influential Hezbollah leader in #Lebanon’s capital. Hours later, the killing in #Iran of #Hamas’s political leader, Ismail #Haniyeh, was considered the most brazen breach of Iran’s defenses since Oct.

#MiddleEast #geopolitics #escalation
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/middleeast/iran-lebanon-israel-war-assassination.html?smid=url-share

⬆️ >> #Hamas decapitated

#US carried out a strike in #Iraq… as regional tensions rose after an #Israeli airstrike in #Beirut that killed Hezbollah's most senior commander #FuadShukr [edit]

The #extraterritorial strike inside a base south of Baghdad used by Iraq's #PopularMobilizationForces #PMF killed 4 members of the group that contains several #Iran-aligned armed militias, & wounded 4 others.

The strike targeted militants who posed a threat to US & coalition forces.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/explosions-iraqs-pmf-security-agency-base-south-baghdad-kill-one-member-sources-2024-07-30/

#Egypt: #Israel strikes on #Hezbollah's #FuadShukr in Beirut and #Hamas' #IsmailHaniyeh in Tehran are “dangerous escalation” which undermine “strenuous efforts made by Egypt and its partners to stop war in #Gaza

"Indicate absence of Israeli political will to calm the situation"