IDF warns of coming airstrikes in south Beirut, calls for evacuation

The IDF warns it will soon carry out strikes in Beirut against infrastructure of the Al-Qard al-Hasan association, known to be used by Hezbollah as a quasi-bank.

“In the coming hours, the IDF will operate with force against terror infrastructure belonging to the Al-Qard al-Hasan, which constitutes a central element in financing the activity of the Hezbollah terror organization and harms the Lebanese economy in service of Iranian interests,” says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.

“The IDF does not intend to harm you, and therefore I again call on the residents of the southern suburbs to evacuate their homes, according to the evacuation routes we have published,” he says, referring to last week’s order to evacuate four major neighborhoods in south Beirut, a known Hezbollah stronghold.