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Monday, June 1, 2026
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Monday, June 1, 2026
Lebanese civilians flee Beirut’s Dahiyeh following Israeli threats to strike area
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Cars sit in traffic on a highway as residents flee following an Israeli threat to strike Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Arab media outlets have published footage showing Lebanese civilians leaving the Dahiyeh — Beirut’s southern suburb and a Hezbollah stronghold — following Israeli threats to carry out strikes in the area.
The footage shows heavy traffic jams on roads leading out of the neighborhood.
حركة نزوح من الضاحية الجنوبية لبيروت بعد أوامر نتنياهو باستهدافها pic.twitter.com/vBDs9ca19z
— العربية (@AlArabiya) June 1, 2026
Earlier this morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that they had instructed the IDF to strike in Dahiyeh immediately in response to Hezbollah ceasefire violations.
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