Irish in Lebanon warned not to rely on evacuation in event of war

An industrial area destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Nabatieh province, Lebanon, on August 17. Picture: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

The Department of Foreign Affairs has warned more than 100 Irish citizens still in Lebanon they “should not rely on evacuation options” if a full-scale war breaks out and commercial flights are grounded.

At the start of this month, the department said it was establishing contact with all Irish citizens in Lebanon as military tensions are cranking up in the region, with a spate of retaliatory attacks now engulfing Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.