{"id":314061,"date":"2026-02-28T03:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/314061\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:35:31","slug":"us-allows-non-emergency-embassy-staff-to-leave-israel-cites-safety-risks-naharnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/314061\/","title":{"rendered":"US allows non-emergency embassy staff to leave Israel, cites safety risks \u2014 Naharnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  by Naharnet Newsdesk 27 February 2026, 12:24<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"W460\" class=\"picture\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772249731_524_w460.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem announced on Friday it was allowing non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Israel &#8220;due to safety risks,&#8221; adding that people who wished to leave should do so while flights were still available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">&#8220;On February 27, 2026, the Department of State authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel from Mission Israel due to safety risks,&#8221; the embassy said on its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">&#8220;Persons may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">&#8211; China urges citizens in Israel to strengthen preparedness &#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">China urged its citizens in Israel on Friday to remain highly vigilant and strengthen emergency preparedness, state media reported, as it warned against increasing security risks in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">&#8220;Chinese citizens in Israel are advised to&#8230; strengthen safety precautions and emergency preparedness, avoid going out unless necessary,&#8221; state broadcaster CCTV said, citing China&#8217;s embassy there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"desc\">Earlier China warned its citizens to evacuate from Iran &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221;, citing\u00a0a significant rise in external security risks as the country faces threats of U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Naharnet Newsdesk 27 February 2026, 12:24 The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem announced on Friday it was allowing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-314061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}