The Japanese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised its travel alert for parts of Israel amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, telling its citizens to avoid all travel to the country or evacuate it. The move follows the recent assassination in Iran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The development has raised concerns of an escalation of the conflict in the region where Israel continues its war on the Gaza Strip in response to an attack by Hamas in October 2023. Under the updated travel advisory, most of Israel will be subject to the level 3 ale…