Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem in shift on Israel
Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem in shift on Israel Colombia officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, joining a small number of countries that have moved their missions to the holy city. “This is an important date for the State of Israel. It’s also an important date for the city of Jerusalem,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said at the ceremony. The decision follows an…
The US Embassy in Israel has issued a safety warning to American citizens regarding unexploded ordnances and munitions found across extensive areas of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. This warning came a day after an explosion during a school trip in northern Israel killed a teenager and injured 24 others. The embassy emphasized that the danger is particularly great near border areas, and that the locations of unexploded ordnances are often unmarked and difficult to identify.
The embassy stressed the importance of assuming any unidentified object is dangerous and following a three-step safety rule: recognize, retreat, and report.
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