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IDF issues evacuation warning for another area of central Beirut

By Emanuel Fabian 12 March 2026, 5:54 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF issues an evacuation warning for another building in central Beirut ahead of an airstrike on a Hezbollah site.

“Urgent warning to the residents of Beirut, specifically the Zokak el-Blat neighborhood. You are located near a facility belonging to the Hezbollah terror organization, which the IDF will act against,” says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee, attaching a map showing the building.

Civilians are instructed to distance themselves at least 300 meters from the site.

It is the second building in central Beirut that the IDF has ordered to evacuate in the past hour, as it carries out a wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets.

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