Powerful but rarely used counter-terror laws are being touted to prevent Australians from travelling to Lebanon, just days after two Australians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the country's south.
Powerful but rarely used counter-terror laws are being touted to prevent Australia ns from travelling to Lebanon , just days after two Australia ns were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the country's south. The deaths of Sydney brothers Ibrahim and Ali Bazzi - the latter claimed by Hezbollah as a fighter - brought the dangers along the Israel- Lebanon border into sharp relief, with Hamas ally Hezbollah exchanging fire with Israel since the Hamas -Israel war started in Gaza in October.
'It's an offence for any Australian to cooperate with, to support, let alone to fight with a listed terrorist organisation like Hezbollah,' Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus warned last week. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has already issued a 'do not travel' warning for the region, and is urging Australians currently in southern Lebanon to evacuate while commercial flights are still availabl
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