As Israel continues to conduct airstrikes deep inside Lebanon and contemplates a ground invasion to neutralize the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, one American rescue group deploying with the goal of evacuating U.S. citizens is still motivated by the memory of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The founder of the Grey Bull Rescue group told Just the News Thursday he hopes his efforts will fill an important gap left by government evacuators and rescue planners and help American citizens in Lebanon leave the country, a role his team played before in evacuating citizens left behind in the wake of the chaotic U.S. military pullout from Afghanistan.
He said that any citizen stuck in the country that wishes to leave should contact his group, Grey Bull Rescue. The nonprofit group is funded by donations through the same website.
Bryan Stern, who leads the group, said he and his team have already conducted “in the dozens” of both evacuations and rescues in Lebanon since the State Department issued its warning in August for U.S. citizens to leave the country in the midst of the escalating violence between Hezbollah and Israel.