US issues confidence warning for American travelers in Israel, West Bank and Gaza amid Middle East tension

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is cautioning U.S. adults to be observant in Israel, a West Bank and Gaza on comment of “heightened tragedy in a Middle East,” according to a security alert posted Monday on a website.

Iranian state TV reported Tuesday that at slightest 40 people were killed and 213 injured in a stampede that erupted during a wake procession for a nation’s slain Gen. Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman, in southeastern Iran.

Soleimani was killed in a U.S. worker strike sequence by President Donald Trump. 

“Out of an contentment of caution, a Embassy strongly encourages U.S. adults to sojourn observant and take suitable stairs to boost their confidence awareness, as confidence incidents, including rocket fire, mostly take place but warning,” a confidence warning from a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reads.

The warning also says that a red warning summons could be activated if trebuchet or rocket glow occurs, and that such alerts should be treated as real.

It advises adults to be wakeful of surroundings, stay warning in tourist-heavy areas, listen to internal authorities and compensate courtesy to a State Department’s website.

The State Department lists Israel, a West Bank and Gaza as areas with a “level 2” confidence risk, definition travelers should exercises increasing caution. The transport warning was final updated on Dec. 28, 2018.

“The Embassy will continue to examination a confidence conditions and will yield additional information as needed,” a confidence warning concludes.

Contributing: Kim Hjelmgaard

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