The United Kingdom government has advised citizens of the country against travelling to Israel amist ongoing Iran-Israel conflict. The warning comes amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and intelligence facilities.

Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to descend on Egypt on Thursday for a “Global March to Gaza,” a movement aiming to break the Israeli blockade that has pushed the territory to the brink of famine.

A British grandfather stranded in Jerusalem said he is weighing up a bus escape through the Negev desert to flee Iranian missile fire. James Eden, 72, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, flew to Israel last Monday for a six-day Christian pilgrimage.

Private initiatives have emerged to help Israelis trapped abroad to enter the locked-down country through Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Israel's National Security Council cautions against travel to Israel through Egypt and Jordan despite their borders being open

Egyptian authorities detained activists planning to march to Gaza in protest of restrictions on aid reaching the territory, while security forces in eastern Libya blocked a convoy of activists en route to meet them.

Egyptian authorities on Friday detained or deported more foreign nationals seeking to join a pro-Palestinian march to Gaza.

Katz clarified that if Egypt fails to stop the pro-Palestinian group, the IDF would take the necessary measures to prevent them from entering Gaza.

Egypt has blocked activists taking part in a planned march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it

Egyptian fertilizer producers were forced to halt operations on Friday due to a drop in natural gas imports from Israel, industry sources told Reuters.

Iran conflict Egypt has put its armed forces on high alert and carried out nationwide drills of its air defence systems as fears grow of a broader Iran-Israel conflict, sources told The National. Egypt's top government officials are holding emergency meetings to decide on measures to ensure that the