British Typhoon fighter jets flying from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus would provide 'top cover' for stranded Britons.
Plans for a 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation of up to 16,000 UK nationals from Lebanon are being stepped up.
If the mission goes ahead, Border Force officials will be embedded in military teams operating in the Middle East. The country is at the centre of conflict in the Middle East, as hostilities between Israel and Iranian-backed Lebanon-based Hezbollah fighters intensify. Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Duncan is on standby in the eastern Mediterranean to evacuate British citizens in LebanonRockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Sunday, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters
However, the document seen yesterday raises questions over the readiness of Border Force to respond to the deepening security crisis.
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