Palestinian civil defence members and others carry a youth after being rescued from a constructing hit by Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide caution alert on Thursday because of hovering tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere triggered by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Citing the “potential for terrorist assaults, demonstrations or violent actions in opposition to U.S. residents and pursuits,” the State Department warned Americans overseas to train elevated warning.
The State Department and the White House didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s requests for remark.
Earlier in the week, the State Department raised its travel advisory alert to Lebanon and warned U.S. residents to not journey to the nation because of “the unpredictable safety scenario associated to rocket, missile and artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah or different armed militant factions.”
The State Department has directed U.S. residents who’re searching for assist departing Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon to fill out a crisis intake form.