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IDF reiterates evacuation warning for southern suburbs of Beirut

By Emanuel Fabian 9 April 2026, 3:57 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026, amid Israeli attacks on military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror group. (AP/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026, amid Israeli attacks on military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror group. (AP/Hussein Malla)

The Israeli military reiterates its evacuation warning for the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh, ahead of airstrikes.

“The IDF continues to operate and attack the military infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah terror organization throughout the Dahiyeh. The IDF does not intend to harm you, and therefore, for your safety, you must evacuate immediately,” warns army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.

The Israeli Air Force has struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets in the Dahiyeh in the past month, and the military has repeatedly called on Lebanese civilians to evacuate the area.

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