More than 1,100 Americans have fled Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah conflict heats up

More than 1,100 Americans have fled Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah conflict heats up. More than 1,110 Americans have fled Lebanon so far as the battles between Israel and Hezbollah continue to intensify, officials said.

The US is organizing thousands of seats to be made available for American citizens to depart the country, with 50 people boarding the latest flight to Istanbul Wednesday morning, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

“We’ve had some flights go out with around 150 people, and we’ve had these other flights with fewer, but it is going to be an ongoing question we look at, an ongoing assessment that we make,” Miller said of the trips being scheduled for Americans.

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