Tourism · 25 March, 2026 · 2 min read
France Warns Against Travel to Lebanon as Israeli Strikes Continue Despite Ceasefire
France urges citizens to leave Lebanon as Israeli strikes continue. Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon persist despite a ceasefire, causing casualties and displacement.
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CNN Arabic emphasises Israel’s warning about ambulances, while other outlets focus on strike impacts and ceasefire violations.
Travel warnings for France
France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said French people should not travel to Lebanon and, due to Israeli military strikes and the risk of regional military escalation, asked those passing through to leave as quickly as possible using commercial flights still available.
“It is strictly advised not to travel to Lebanon.”
The ministry warned that airspace closure measures, flight cancellations and rescheduling may occur, and advised French people passing through or residing in Lebanon to strictly follow instructions issued by local authorities, limit their movements, and seek shelter in case of an alert.
It also urged French nationals to continuously follow recommendations of local security forces and to avoid gatherings in Beirut and other regions, while recommending they register on Fil d’Ariane.
The ministry said the situation remains uncertain and highly volatile in Lebanon despite the entry into force of the ceasefire agreement with Israel on November 27, 2024, and added that bombings and Israeli airstrikes continue regularly, notably in the south and east of the country.
Ceasefire violence continues
Despite a temporary United States-mediated “ceasefire,” Al Jazeera reported Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon killed at least 28 people, citing the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
Al Jazeera said that in the municipality of Jebchit, four people were killed and nine others wounded in an attack that destroyed a residential building, and it also reported a separate attack that killed four members of one family, including a child.
The BBC reported that on Thursday, seventeen people, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, with the health ministry also saying the strikes wounded 35 people, including nine children and eight women.
The BBC added that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun criticised what he described as “continuing Israeli violations” of the truce, saying strikes and demolitions of homes and places of worship were ongoing “despite the ceasefire”.
Evacuations and diplomatic stakes
The BBC said the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for 15 villages in southern Lebanon, noting that many were outside what Israel has designated as the “Yellow Line,” a strip of territory extending roughly 10km (6 miles) from the border.
“evacuation warnings for 15 villages in southern Lebanon”
The BBC reported that Israel said its actions are in response to what it describes as violations of the deal by Hezbollah, while Hezbollah rejects the part of the agreement that allows Israel to respond to “planned, imminent or ongoing attacks.”
In a separate report, BFM said new Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 17 people on Thursday, April 30, and it cited the Health Ministry’s toll while also saying the Lebanese army reported one of its soldiers and “several members of his family” were killed in a strike targeting their home in the Nabatieh region.
BFM also said the U.S. Embassy in Beirut called for a meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing a direct meeting “facilitated by President Trump” as offering Lebanon “tangible guarantees of full sovereignty”.