Israel issues new evacuation order for parts of southern Beirut

AFP , Thursday 3 Oct 2024

The Israeli military issued orders in the early hours of Thursday telling people to leave multiple areas of densely-populated southern Beirut, where it says it will hit Hezbollah sites.

People clear the rubble in front of a building levelled in an overnight Israeli airstrike that targe
People clear the rubble in front of a building levelled in an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted the neighbourhood of Moawwad in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 3, 2024. AFP

 

"You are located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah, which the army will act against shortly," Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on social media site X, naming the Haret Hreik, Burj al-Barajneh and Hadath Gharb areas.

Five people were killed in an Israeli air raid on a Hezbollah rescue facility in the heart of Beirut late Wednesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Five people were killed and at least 11 injured in an Israeli raid targeting Bachoura, a district in the centre of the capital, according to a source close to Hezbollah.

AFP journalists in Beirut heard a loud explosion and reported some buildings had shaken in the second strike targeting the capital's centre this week.

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