Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the number of Australians now in Lebanon was “beyond the capacity of the government” to help them all.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned thousands of Australian citizens in Lebanon that the federal government will not be able to help them all escape if a full-blown war breaks out between Israel and the militant Islamic group Hezbollah.
The government has drawn up plans to evacuate Australians from Lebanon – including by rented ferries if necessary – as it did during the 2006 war but is concerned demand will overwhelm supply. Almost half of the scheduled flights from Beirut’s international airport were cancelled on Tuesday, with Etihad Airways announcing it would suspend all flights to and from the Lebanese capital.Urging Australians to depart Lebanon on a commercial flight if they can, Albanese said “the fact that some people have continued to go from Australia to Lebanon in recent months is not a commonsense thing to do”.
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