Hezbollah warns Israeli residents to evacuate towns near border

2026-03-06 05:01:01

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March 6 (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5 km (3.11 miles) of the border between ‌the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday.

Hezbollah’s message came less than a day after Israel warned residents to ⁠leave Beirut’s southern suburbs, prompting an exodus from a swathe of the capital known as Dahiyeh.

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Lebanon was pulled into the war in the Middle East on Monday, when Hezbollah opened fire, sparking Israeli airstrikes focused on Beirut’s southern suburbs and on southern and ‌eastern ⁠Lebanon.

“Your military’s aggression against Lebanese sovereignty and safe citizens, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and the expulsion campaign it is carrying out will ⁠not go unchallenged,” Hezbollah said.

Israel has said it will not evacuate its border towns and has ⁠sent more soldiers into Lebanon, saying this was a defensive measure meant to ⁠protect its citizens who live nearby.

Reporting by Hatem Maher, Nayera Abdallah and Maayan Lubell; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Christian Schmollinger

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