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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Watch live: View of Israel-Lebanon border as US plans mass evacuation

Reuters

Watch a live view of the Israel-Lebanon border as US makes contingency plans for a possible evacuation to get Americans out of the region.

As Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of Gaze and fire exchanges with Hezbollah in Lebanon, reports say the US is making plans for a mass evacuation.

The US Navy has dispatched two aircraft carrier strike groups to the region, as well as additional aircraft and deployments.

Meanwhile, Israel struck the occupied West Bank with a drone overnight during a raid in which Israeli forces said they were fired upon by a group of Palestinians.

At least three people were killed in the drone strike, Palestinian officials said.

It comes after Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday that more than 700 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes over the last 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll since 7 October to at least 5,791. The figures could not be independently verified.

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