IDF reiterates call for residents of southern Lebanon to flee northward; estimates 300,000 have evacuated

The IDF reiterates its warning to Lebanese civilians in southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes amid the fighting against Hezbollah.

“Urgent warning to residents of southern Lebanon: You must continue moving immediately to the north of the Litani River,” says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.

“We reiterate, the warning also includes residents of the cities of Tyre and Bint Jbeil,” he says.

Adraee says that “anyone who is near Hezbollah operatives, its facilities, or its [weapons] is putting their life at risk. Any house used by Hezbollah for military purposes may be subject to targeting.”

The IDF estimates that over 300,000 Lebanese civilians have so far evacuated their villages in southern Lebanon. During the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in 2024, nearly 1.2 million Lebanese were displaced from their homes.