Israel army issues new evacuation call for southern Beirut

Israel’s army calls on residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah bastion, to evacuate ahead of military operations targeting the Lebanese terror group “in the near future.”

The military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee posts on social media platform X a map showing specific buildings in south Beirut, saying: “You must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them at a distance of no less than 500 meters (0.3 miles).”

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s health ministry says two separate Israeli strikes hours earlier killed at least 10 people in the country’s south and northeast as Israel pummels targets in its fight against Hezbollah.

The ministry says five people were killed and 10 others wounded in the northeastern Hermel region near the Syrian border, and five more killed and 21 wounded in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, which has endured Israeli attacks for days. The figures don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.