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Monday, May 25, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 25, 2026
Residents flee southern Beirut after Netanyahu orders escalation against Hezbollah
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFollowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for escalation in strikes against Hezbollah, an AFP correspondent reports residents fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.
Lebanese security sources also tell Reuters that residents are evacuating.
Except for a strike targeting a Hezbollah commander in the area earlier this month, there have been no strikes on Beirut or its surroundings since the April 16 truce.
Netanyahu did not say in his video message whether Israel planned to resume broader attacks in Beirut.
— ????????/???????? Evacuations in Beirut pic.twitter.com/i0nda7tiVN
— brane mijatovic (@brane_mija64426) May 25, 2026
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