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Lebanese media reports strikes in Beqaa Valley, after expiration of IDF warning to flee buildings where Hezbollah stores weapons
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
After the IDF warned civilians in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley to flee from buildings where Hezbollah has stored weapons, Lebanese media report strikes in the area.
The strikes are reported in Nabi Chit and Saraaine, deep in Lebanon.
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In recent hours, residents in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and southern Beirut have reportedly been receiving text messages and phone calls from the IDF urging them to evacuate their homes.
The Qatari-owned Al-Araby al-Jadeed paper shares a screenshot of one of these text messages, which reads: “If you are in a building in which Hezbollah weapons are stored, evacuate your village until further notice.”
The paper further reports that Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makary received a phone call with a recorded audio message from the IDF requesting that he evacuate the building he was in.
Videos circulating on social media show a similar message from the IDF being broadcast on a radio station in southern Lebanon.
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