Israel lowers travel warning for Arugam Bay

Israeli authorities have eased a travel warning for Sri Lanka on Wednesday, some three weeks after cautioning tourists at the popular beach town Arugam Bay area of an imminent terrorist threat.

The Israel National Security Council, which publishes travel advisories, said it was lowering the warning level for Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay area from four, which indicates a highly credible threat, to two, indicating a milder occasional threat, the Times of Israel reported.

The high-level threat area had extended across Sri Lanka’s southeastern coast as far as the town of Hikkaduwa.

The rest of the country was lowered from level three moderate to level two.The United States, which had also issued a warning for Arugam Bay, rescinded its advisory as well on Wednesday, the embassy in Colombo said.

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