IDF issues fresh evacuation warnings for Beirut as strikes reportedly hit Lebanon-Syria border

By Emanuel Fabian

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26 November 2024, 11:31 pm 1 Edit

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

With just over four hours to go until a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the IDF issues evacuation warnings for three buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead of airstrikes.

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, publishes maps alongside the announcement, which call on civilians to distance themselves at least 500 meters from the sites.

#عاجل إلى جميع السكان المتواجدين في منطقة الضاحية الجنوبية وتحديدًا في المباني المحددة في الخرائط المرفقة والمباني المجاورة لها في المناطق التالية:
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????الغبيري

⭕️أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشآت ومصالح تابعة لحزب الله حيث سيعمل ضدها جيش الدفاع على المدى الزمني… pic.twitter.com/Mcqxed0Ha5

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 26, 2024

The evacuation warnings come as Israeli airstrikes are reported in Beirut, as well as on the Syria-Lebanon border.

Lebanese media outlets report that an apartment was struck in the capital a short while ago.

مشاهد للشقة المستهدفة في بيروت عند مدخل الخندق الغميق قبالة مديرية الواردات pic.twitter.com/KHYu5IqM9M

— مصدر مسؤول (@fouadkhreiss) November 26, 2024

Meanwhile, Syria’s state news agency SANA says that Israeli warplanes hit the Arida and Dabousiya border crossings with Lebanon, in the Tartus Governorate.