Israeli army calls for evacuation of Dahieh building ahead of expected strike
The Israeli army on Friday told residents in a south Beirut suburb to leave the area around "Hezbollah facilities" immediately, the first such warning since a November ceasefire took hold in Lebanon.
"Anyone located in the building marked in red as shown on the map, and the surrounding buildings... are near Hezbollah facilities... you must immediately evacuate these buildings," military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that included a map showing the building in the Beirut southern suburb of Saint Therese.
The development comes after two rockets were fired at north Israel from south Lebanon, prompting Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to threaten Lebanon anew.
"If there is no quiet in Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee communities, there will be no quiet in Beirut either," Katz said.
A statement from Israel's military said two "projectiles" were fired from Lebanon towards Israel, with one intercepted and the other falling inside Lebanon.
It later announced it was "striking Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon".
In a statement on Telegram, Hezbollah said it "confirms the party's respect for the ceasefire agreement and denies any involvement in the rockets launched today from the south of Lebanon."
Katz said Lebanon's "government bears direct responsibility for any fire toward the Galilee."
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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