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IDF issues evacuation warnings for 9 villages in south Lebanon ahead of Hezbollah airstrikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Israel Defense Forces issues evacuation warnings for nine villages in southern Lebanon ahead of airstrikes targeting the Hezbollah terror group.
Residents of Jibshit, Habboush, Ebba, Doueir, Harouf, Deir ez-Zahrani, Kfar Jouz, Aadshit al-Shaqif and Qaaqaait al-Jisr are instructed to evacuate at least a kilometer away.
“Hezbollah activities are forcing the IDF to act against it, as it does not intend to harm you,” says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.
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