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EU recommends airlines avoid Lebanese, Israeli airspace

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A large banner bearing a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with writing in Farsi that reads 'Hezbollah is alive' hangs along a bridge in northern Tehran on September 28, 2024. [AFP]

Airlines should avoid Lebanese and Israeli airspace for the coming month, the European Union said Saturday, amid an escalation in air strikes and rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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