China urges citizens to leave Lebanon

China has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon "as soon as possible" a day after an Israeli attack killed a Fatah official in the southern city of Sidon, AFP reports.

"Recently, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has continued to be tense, and security circumstances in Lebanon are severe and complex," China's embassy in Beirut said in a statement.

The statement advised citizens to "take the opportunity while commercial flights are still running to return to China or leave the country as soon as possible".

China becomes the latest country to urge its citizens to leave Lebanon or Israel amid rising tensions in the region.