China plans to evacuate its citizens from Israel to Egypt via the Taba crossing as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.

China is planning to evacuate citizens from Israel and send them in groups southward to the border with Egypt beginning Friday, the country's embassy in Israel said Wednesday. The embassy said, "There is huge uncertainty in how the situation may evolve,

China has begun evacuating its citizens from Iran and Israel as tensions grow in the region over the escalating bombardments in both nations. The Chinese foreign ministry called on its citizens to board chartered flights out of Iran and Israel on Tuesday following President Xi Jinping’s call for a cease-fire between the warring states.

Israel targeted Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, as an Iranian missile struck Israel’s main southern hospital.

On the seventh day of escalating conflict, Israel struck Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor after issuing a public warning. Iran reported no radiation threat as the site had been evacuated. Meanwhile, an Iranian missile hit Israel’s Soroka Medical Centre,