IDF issues evacuation warning for building in Beirut, for first time since November ceasefire

The IDF issues an evacuation warning for a building and the surrounding area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, ahead of an airstrike against a Hezbollah asset in the Lebanese capital.

In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Col. Avichay Adraee, publishes a map showing the location of the building.

“To everyone present in the building marked in red as shown on the map and the buildings adjacent to it: You are near facilities belonging to Hezbollah,” he says.

The statement calls on civilians to evacuate at least 300 meters from the building for safety.

The warning comes after two rockets were fired from Lebanon at Kiryat Shmona this morning. Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier that “the fate of Kiryat Shmona is the same as the fate of Beirut,” in an apparent threat to the Lebanese capital.

It marks the first time that the IDF has issued warnings ahead of strikes in Beirut since November 27, when it last struck Hezbollah sites in the Lebanese capital, hours before a ceasefire took effect.

#عاجل ‼️ انذار عاجل للمتواجدين في الضاحية الجنوبية في بيروت وخاصة في حي الحدث
????لكل من يتواجد في المبنى المحدد بالأحمر وفق ما يُعرض في الخارطة والمباني المجاورة له: أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشآت تابعة لحزب الله
????من أجل سلامتكم وسلامة أبناء عائلاتكم أنتم مضطرون لإخلاء هذه… pic.twitter.com/ezFT6kYSv6

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) March 28, 2025