Avoid all non-essential, unnecessary travel within Israel: Indian Embassy

Jerusalem: India on Monday issued a fresh travel advisory for Israel amid the ongoing developments in the region, urging Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel inside Israel and exercise utmost caution.

“In view of the prevailing security situation in the region, all Indian nationals in Israel are advised to exercise utmost caution and remain vigilant at all times,” the Indian Embassy posted on X.

“Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential and unnecessary travel within Israel until further notice,” it added.

The Embassy strongly advised Indian nationals to strictly adhere to the safety guidelines and instructions issued by the Israeli authorities and the Home Front Command.

It also urged the Indian nationals to remain in close proximity to designated shelters and familiarise themselves with the nearest protected spaces in their area of residence or work.

The advisory comes as tensions continue to escalate in the West Asia region following renewed missile exchanges between Iran and Israel.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its aerospace forces on Monday morning targeted two “important and strategic” Israeli air bases in retaliation for Israel’s attacks earlier in the day against the Gulf country.

In a statement on its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC said that it struck Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases in response to Israel’s missile strikes on a number of radar sites in three Iranian locations.

All its combat and operational units are fully ready to carry out operations on all fronts, the IRGC added.

Explosions were heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and in two other provinces early Monday, reports Xinhua news agency, quoting the semi-official Fars news agency.

Yemen’s Houthi group said on Monday that it had launched a barrage of missiles targeting what it described as sensitive Israeli sites in the Jaffa area and announced a complete ban on Israeli-linked maritime navigation in the Red Sea.

In a televised statement, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the group’s forces carried out a missile attack against targets in Jaffa, claiming the operation achieved its objectives.

IANS