The US State Department is advising Americans to reconsider any travel they may have planned to Israel and the Palestinian territories due to increasing Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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In a notice issued Thursday, the department raised its travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to Level 3 – "reconsider travel." It had previously been at Level 2, which recommends travelers "exercise increased caution."
The revised alert cited continuing rocket fire from Gaza into areas across southern and central Israel, including Jerusalem, the IDF response to the attacks and a "marked increase" in violence and protests throughout Israel.
