Military Sent to Help Embassies as Lammy Tells UK Citizens ‘Leave Lebanon Now’

Border Force has also sent officers who stand ready to aid consular operations, the Foreign Office said.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting in London onJuly 30, 2024. Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Military personnel and consular experts have been deployed to the Middle East to help British nationals in the region as ministers warned the “situation could deteriorate rapidly.”

Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Saturday repeated calls for UK citizens in Lebanon to “leave now” amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.