Warning issued against travelling to 16 countries after missile barrage on Israel | World News [Video]

Travel advice for top holiday destinations has changed amid warnings about ‘uncontrollable regional escalation’ in the Middle East.

Britain’s Foreign Office warned against travelling to parts of the region after Iran deployed at least 300 missiles and drones towards Israel overnight on Saturday.

Fears of a wider conflict have been rising since October 7 and Israel’s assault on Palestinians in Gaza, and strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

RAF jets were used to shoot down the missiles, part of Iran’s retaliation to Israel’s incineration of a consulate building in Syria on April 1, in which some of Iran’s top commanders were killed.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Israel ‘must be punished and it shall be’, but that the matter can be deemed ‘concluded’. It is yet unclear if Israel is planning to respond with power.

As a result of the rising tensions, the FCDO has updated advice for a number of countries.

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