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The U.S. State Department authorized non-emergency personnel and their family members to leave Israel on Friday, citing unspecified "safety risks."
The change in guidance from the State Department comes as the U.S. continues negotiations with Iran on a potential nuclear deal, which Tehran hopes will avert a potential American military assault President Trump has prepared for with a massive deployment to the Middle East.
After the latest round of indirect talks brokered by Oman, held Thursday in Geneva, Iran's top diplomat said there was some progress toward a new agreement on his country's nuclear enrichment program, calling it "one of the most serious and longest rounds of talks" to date.
President Trump has threatened to attack Iran if no deal to rein in its nuclear program can be reached, and several outside experts told CBS News Thursday that the negotiations appear unlikely to yield an agreement both sides can live with, making an American attack likely, possibly soon.
The State Department did not mention Iran in its latest travel guidance on Friday, but said it was authorizing the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members from Israel due to safety risks, noting that, "in response to security incidents and without advance notice, the U.S. Embassy may further restrict or prohibit U.S. government employees and their family members from traveling to certain areas of Israel, the Old City of Jerusalem, and the West Bank."
"Persons may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available," the State Department said. Flights to and from Israeli and other regional airports are often halted when the risk of military action increases.
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