{"id":74897,"date":"2024-08-06T08:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/kenya-announces-urgent-lebanon-evacuatios-amid-volatility-in-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T08:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:07:38","slug":"kenya-announces-urgent-lebanon-evacuatios-amid-volatility-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-announces-urgent-lebanon-evacuatios-amid-volatility-in-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya announces \u2018urgent\u2019 Lebanon evacuatios amid volatility in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI Kenya, Aug 6 \u2014 Kenya has initiated an urgent evacuation plan for its citizens in Lebanon, citing escalating tensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement on Tuesday, advised Kenyans in Lebanon to register for evacuation and move to designated safe zones if able.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry also issued emergency hotline numbers for Kenyans living in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUrgently register with us through this link: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2m9nw4ww or call +96590906719\/+96171175006\/+254114757002 for evacuation purposes,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry directed Kenyans with family members in Lebanon, to call +254114757002 for coordination.<\/p>\n<p>They can as well visit the Diaspora Department\u2019s offices at the Old Mutual Building, Ground floor along Upper Hill Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also requesting Kenyans in the Diaspora to help convey this information to as many people as possible especially our brothers and sisters in Lebanon,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry assured Kenyans in the Diaspora that their safety is its top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon amid fears over a wider conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East region is experiencing heightened tension after Iran vowed revenge on Israel over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On July 31, Haniyeh was killed with a \u201cshort-range projectile\u201d fired from outside his guesthouse in Tehran. This is according to Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which said the projectile weighing about 7kg (16lbs) caused a \u201cstrong blast\u201d, killing the Hamas leader and his bodyguard.<\/p>\n<p>The Guards said the assassination took place hours after Haniyeh attended a swearing-in ceremony for Iran\u2019s new president Massoud Pezeshkian.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI Kenya, Aug 6 \u2014 Kenya has initiated an urgent evacuation plan for its citizens in Lebanon, citing escalating tensions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement on Tuesday, advised Kenyans in Lebanon to register for evacuation and move to designated safe zones if able. The Ministry also issued emergency hotline numbers for Kenyans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}