JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Thursday expanded its evacuation warning for residents in southern Lebanon to include an area north of the Litani River, saying it would operate against Hezbollah there.
“Urgent warning to residents of southern Lebanon. The terrorist activities of Hezbollah are forcing the IDF to act strongly against it,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X.
“Any building used by Hezbollah for military purposes may become a target,” he said, adding that “residents of southern Lebanon must move immediately north of the Zahrani River,” which is located some 40 kilometers from the Israeli border.
Meanwhile, missiles hit a building in the Beirut neighbourhood of Bashoura, near the centre of the city, after the Israeli military issued a warning of an incoming strike.
An AFPTV live broadcast showed dark smoke rising into the sky above the heart of the Lebanese capital, and an apparent fire started by the first missile impact.
This is the fourth strike in central Beirut since the beginning of the war between Hezbollah and Israel on March 2.
Israel has heavily targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut, a densely populated area considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
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