According to AP, about 250 Americans were brought back from Lebanon this week, but thousands of Americans are still stranded because commercial flights have been suspended due to the war.
Not only Americans but also many people from other countries including Japan, Britain, and Columbia also face potential dangers from the fierce conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
On October 3, senior officials from the US Department of Foreign Affairs discussed with two top Arab-American officials the evacuation of people from Lebanon. The two Arab-American officials later met directly with the heads of the Department of Homeland Security.
A US official said the US military is always ready and has many plans to bring people back home safely.
Months earlier, the US government had urged citizens not to travel to Lebanon and actively urged those already there to return home. The US Department of Foreign Affairs had also warned that government-organized evacuations would be rare and offered emergency loans to help people leave the war zone.
Over the past week, about 6,000 US citizens have contacted the US Embassy in Beirut (Lebanon) to express their desire to leave this country.
In recent days, the Israeli army has increased air strikes and launched an infantry offensive at dawn on October 1 (local time) in southern Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah.
That same evening, Iran suddenly launched nearly 200 missiles into Israeli territory, making the war situation in the Middle East more tense and complicated as the conflict was not limited to the Gaza Strip.
