{"id":202152,"date":"2020-01-07T16:25:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/us-issues-security-alert-for-american-travelers-in-israel-west-bank-and-gaza-amid-middle-east-tension.html"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:25:06","slug":"us-issues-security-alert-for-american-travelers-in-israel-west-bank-and-gaza-amid-middle-east-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/travel\/us-issues-security-alert-for-american-travelers-in-israel-west-bank-and-gaza-amid-middle-east-tension.html","title":{"rendered":"US issues confidence warning for American travelers in Israel, West Bank and Gaza amid Middle East tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Iranian Americans in LA pronounce out on genocide of General Qasem Soleimani\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{muted:true,bContent:false,vidNum:1,docking:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{adsEnabled:true,awsPath:news,byline:Allison Zaucha,canonicalURL:,contentSourceCode:USAT,createDate:2020-01-07T02:47:37.867Z,credit:Allison Zaucha, for USA TODAY,duration:91000,headline:After a genocide of General Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Americans in Los Angeles pronounce out,hlsURL:https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/e8d756a0-a5aa-4f94-9a0f-dc40c6b6db80\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8,id:2829944001,image:{url:https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/01\/06\/USAT\/3f0981fc-c0c6-447a-a6ba-69beab86d6b4-XXX_iranian_ustoday_20.JPG,opto:true},initialPublishDate:2020-01-07T03:17:51.443Z,keywords:Iran,USAT LA,Video Syndication - USAT,Video Syndication - Voice Platforms,Video Syndication - OTT Platforms,Qasem Soleimani,Los Angeles,mp4URL:https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/e8d756a0-a5aa-4f94-9a0f-dc40c6b6db80\/1080p_30fps.mp4,origin:USA TODAY,pageURL:{long:https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/news\/2020\/01\/07\/iranian-americans-la-speak-out-death-general-qasem-soleimani\/2829944001\/},promoBrief:Los Angeles is home to a vast Iranian population, earning a nickname, Tehrangeles. Community members give us their thoughts on a U.S. systematic strike that killed General Qasem Soleimani.,publishDate:2020-01-07T03:41:11.466Z,series:,ssts:{leafName:news,path:news,section:news,storysubject:,subsection:,subtopic:,taxonomyEntityDisplayName:News,topic:},tags:[{id:4f73aa2a-1163-46ed-af75-aaf34c912840,name:Iran},{id:b72eb3d8-4d62-4d80-bdfd-14126ae4b1e5,name:USAT LA},{id:6f55135f-3b5e-490d-8a52-a3b8e1f11ee7,name:Video Syndication - USAT},{id:107d90c4-fbfe-413e-a46b-e4ef423d77e1,name:Video Syndication - Voice Platforms},{id:16fe9f9b-4247-4e2e-a73c-9fac5b14d01b,name:Video Syndication - OTT Platforms},{id:a17b3029-f0ba-43f9-814f-c2ca9e209275,name:Qasem Soleimani},{id:4e7c63ed-c894-4a73-8d0f-0adfc9f4c7f8,name:Los Angeles}],title:Iranian Americans in LA pronounce out on genocide of General Qasem Soleimani,url:\/videos\/news\/2020\/01\/07\/iranian-americans-la-speak-out-death-general-qasem-soleimani\/2829944001\/}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/96dd0_3f0981fc-c0c6-447a-a6ba-69beab86d6b4-XXX_iranian_ustoday_20.JPG\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" \/><\/button><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is cautioning U.S. adults to be observant in Israel, a West Bank and Gaza on comment of &#8220;heightened tragedy in a Middle East,&#8221; according to a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">security alert<\/a> posted Monday on a website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Iranian state TV\u00a0reported Tuesday that <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">at slightest 40\u00a0people were killed and 213\u00a0injured in a stampede<\/a> that erupted during a wake procession\u00a0for a nation&#8217;s\u00a0slain\u00a0Gen. Qasem Soleimani\u00a0in his\u00a0hometown of Kerman, in southeastern\u00a0Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Soleimani was killed<\/a> in a U.S. worker strike sequence by President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;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,&#8221; a confidence warning from a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">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.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">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&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">State Department lists <\/a>Israel, a West Bank and Gaza as areas with a &#8220;level 2&#8221; confidence risk, definition travelers should exercises increasing caution. The transport warning was final updated on Dec. 28, 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The Embassy will continue to examination a confidence conditions and will yield additional information as needed,&#8221; a confidence warning concludes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing:\u00a0Kim Hjelmgaard<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Another Middle East advisory:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">State Department urges all Americans to leave Iraq after US embassy attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Elsewhere in travel:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Puerto Rico earthquakes destroy traveller landmarks Punta Ventana, Cueva Ventana and Ruinas del Fara<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/0a4f0_57ebb358-fc5c-4183-966e-435e41f5ccf7-GettyImages-1091642906.jpg\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/06\/27\/USAT\/57ebb358-fc5c-4183-966e-435e41f5ccf7-GettyImages-1091642906.jpg?crop=2120,1193,x0,y80width=1320height=744format=pjpgauto=webp 2x\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/615058510\/0\/usatodaycomtravel-topstories~US-issues-security-alert-for-American-travelers-in-Israel-West-Bank-and-Gaza-amid-Middle-East-tension\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is cautioning U.S. adults to be observant in Israel, a West Bank and Gaza on comment of &#8220;heightened tragedy in a Middle East,&#8221; according to a security alert posted Monday on a website. Iranian state TV\u00a0reported Tuesday that at slightest 40\u00a0people were killed and 213\u00a0injured in a stampede that erupted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-202152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}