Which countries are organizing removals of their citizens from Lebanon?

Many countries are organizing evacuations of their citizens living in Lebanon, where the Israeli army launched yesterday, Monday, a ground operation against Hezbollah in the southern part of the country. A French Navy ship sailed yesterday from southeastern France for the maritime area off Lebanon, where it will take a “precautionary” position in case there is a need to evacuate French citizens, the French General Staff of National Defense announced. The French amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) will need “five to six days” to reach this zone of the eastern Mediterranean from the port of Toulon. About 23,000 French or Franco-Lebanese are settled in Lebanon. Germany sent a military aircraft to Beirut yesterday to evacuate mainly German embassy workers in Lebanon and their families. Employees of German organizations, as well as their families, and citizens who are at risk for medical reasons should also be repatriated. About 1,800 German citizens have been registered by the diplomatic crisis response department […]
Source: News Beast

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