IDF calls on residents of two dozen villages in south Lebanon to evacuate immediately

The IDF is calling on Lebanese civilians in two dozen villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately.

“Hezbollah’s activity forces the IDF to act against it. The IDF does not wish to harm you,” Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, says in a statement on X.

“For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately. Anyone who is near Hezbollah operatives, their facilities or their weapons, puts themselves at risk,” he says.

Adraee says that any house used by Hezbollah for military purposes is a target.

The Lebanese civilians are called to evacuate and head north. “Attention, do not move south! Any movement south could endanger your life,” the statement says.

The IDF says it will update the civilians when they can return.

Yesterday, the IDF issued similar orders to 28 other villages in southern Lebanon.

The military has also warned against any movement in vehicles from the north of the Litani River to the south of it.

The military has described the ground operations in southern Lebanon as “limited, localized, and targeted raids,” with the goal of demolishing Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the border area. Officials have said that the military intends for the operations to end as quickly as possible.