BRITS were last night told by the Foreign Office to immediately get out of Lebanon as protests broke out over the war in Israel.
Demonstrators clashed with police as they set fire to the US embassy in Beirut over the Gaza hospital blast.
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Ministers fear the Hamas conflict could spill into Lebanon at any moment.
Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah are active on the country’s border with Northern Israel.
The Foreign Office warned Brits: “You are advised against all travel to the whole of Lebanon.
“If you are currently in Lebanon, we encourage you to leave now while commercial options remain available.”
Hundreds of protesters set fire to a guard tower at the US Embassy in Beirut as brutal conflict continues to grip the Middle East.
The protest came after a Hamas-run hospital in the Gaza Strip was hit by a huge explosion on Tuesday, feared to have killed over 500.
More than 100 protesters were surrounding the US embassy carrying Palestinian flags, according to Reuters.
It was driven by a Hezbollah call for people around the Arab world to start protests at Israeli embassies, in what they called a “day of rage”.
Following Hezbollah’s call, hundreds of demonstrators scuffled with Lebanese security forces outside the US embassy in the Beirut suburb of Awkar, where protesters hurled stones and set a building on fire.
Protesters also threw rocks and Molotov cocktails, setting the guard tower ablaze.
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