'War With Hezbollah Not People of Lebanon': IDF Warns Beirut Locals to Evacuate

Tel Aviv: The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have urged residents of Beirut’s Dahieh neighborhood to evacuate areas harboring Hezbollah assets, including missiles that could disrupt maritime trade on Saturday. 

On social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the IDF stated, “IDF has called on the residents of neighborhoods in the Dahieh of Beirut to move away from Hezbollah assets and facilities.”
The IDF further added that their commitment is to dismantle Hezbollah’s offensive capabilities and
“Hezbollah has strategically embedded weapons in civilian areas, putting Lebanese civilians at risk in order to harm Israeli civilians.”

The IDF further clarified that “Our war is with Hezbollah, not the people of Lebanon.”

IDF Spokesperson  Daniel Hagari stated that, “In recent days, we have exposed how Hezbollah hides its weapons in homes and villages across southern Lebanon and in the Beqaa Valley. They store strategic weapons under civilian buildings in the heart of the Dahieh in Beirut.”
“Hezbollah has stored these strategic weapons beneath civilian populations.”, added further.

Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes have resulted in over 600 deaths in Lebanon, marking one of the deadliest bombardments in nearly a year. The Israeli military has urged residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate as it prepares to intensify operations against Hezbollah.
 

Earlier, Lebanon experienced a ‘pager attack,’ reportedly involving the hacking and sabotaging of Hezbollah’s encrypted communications network including pagers , widely believed to be carried out by Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.