Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa criticized Hizbullah's attack on Israel today, accusing the Lebanese state of "watching" the escalation at its border and asking its citizens to leave.
"Attacking one country against another is prohibited by international law," he wrote in a tweet on Twitter.
In a statement, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately and attributed its call to "the events and security developments in Lebanon that require everyone to take precautions."
Hizbollah on Sunday announced the destruction of an Israeli military vehicle in the Avivim area near Lebanon's southern border, while Israel responded by firing dozens of shells into southern Lebanon, raising fears of a serious escalation with the group after a week of mounting tension.
The escalation came days after Israel launched an attack with two drones in the southern suburb of Beirut, which the party said they were carrying explosives.
The attack in the suburb took place shortly after Israeli raids targeted the home of Hezbollah fighters near Damascus, killing two of them.
At the time, Bahrain described the Israeli raids on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq as "self-defense" and said that "Iran declared war on us, with the guards of its revolution, its Lebanese party, its popular mobilization in Iraq, its Houthi arm in Yemen and others. It is self-defense. "