Lebanon receives medical aid, vacationers leave amid fears of war

Lebanon on Monday received emergency medical supplies to equip its hospitals for possible war injuries and Beirut airport was teeming with people trying to leave the country amid fears a full-scale conflict was on the horizon.

Tensions in the region have spiralled in the last week following the killing in Tehran of Palestinian militant group Hamas’ head, and an Israeli strike on Beirut’s suburbs that killed a top commander in Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah.

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