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More than 100 commercial airline seats have been secured for Australians trying to leave Lebanon as dire warnings continue for people to evacuate amid an escalation of conflict in the region. Flights across Monday and Tuesday carried dozens of Australians out, while another scheduled flight for Thursday will add to the tally.
Senior Labor MP Clare O’Neil urges Australians in Lebanon to leave the region and return home. It comes as Australians in Lebanon are urged to take any available option to get out of the country as the security situation deteriorates following an increase in missile strikes across Lebanon and Israel. Iran launched some 200 missiles at Israel — most of which were shot down by its iron dome air defence system — in a widely condemned action that Israel has vowed to retaliate against.
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