Fed: Another 30 Australians evacuated from southern Lebanon

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2006
Fed: Another 30 Australians evacuated from southern Lebanon

Another 30 Australians have been evacuated from southern Lebanon .. as Israel prepares
to resume full scale air strikes against Hizbollah.

But Foreign Affairs says it has grave fears for about 170 Australians .. still trapped
in the war zone.

Israel's 48-hour reprieve on aerial attacks .. imposed after an air strike killed more
than 50 civilians in the Lebanese village of Qana .. has expired.

Australia's embassy in Beirut took advantage of the reprieve .. to get 30 more Australians
out of the country's south.

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