The government is now advising against all travel to Israel amid a shooting war between Israel and Iran.
On Friday, the Foreign Office warned against “all but essential travel” to most of Israel.
The areas around Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan Heights were already classed as red zones, with warnings to avoid travel to these areas.
But the government has now updated the warning for the remainder of the country to red.
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This puts Israel on the same level as Iran, and the change of advice is also likely to impact travel insurance.
However, with Israel’s airspace closed, it is unlikely many people will be attempting the journey, and Israel’s national airline El Al has announced it is cancelling flights to and from many European cities, as well as Tokyo and Moscow, until 23 June.
The change in travel advice to Israel comes after a second night of ballistic missile barrages from Iran following Israel’s attack in the early hours of Friday morning.
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As of 9am this morning (7am UK), Israel’s health ministry says 12 people have been killed over the past day. This takes the overall total to 15, including three people reported killed after Iran’s attacks early yesterday.
The ministry said 385 people arrived at hospital with injuries overnight. Of those, seven people are in a serious condition, 40 in moderate condition and 298 in a mild condition.
Iran’s health minister has said most of those injured and killed in Israeli strikes were civilians. According to comments carried by news agency IRNA, he said those are mainly women and children.
Iran has not provided a total number of deaths or overall casualties, but has claimed dozens have been killed
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