Israel orders Tyre Christian neighborhood to expel Hezbollah or face evacuation

Israel warned overnight the Christian neighborhoods in the coastal city of Tyre that Hezbollah members are among them.

Many Lebanese Shiite Muslims fled to those areas in recent days because they were spared from the aerial bombardment along the Mediterranean coast.

After the warning, the Lebanese army deployed to the Christian district of Tyre in an effort to prevent Israeli attacks there and to show that Hezbollah has no armed presence in the area.

The Israeli military urged the Christian community in Tyre to expel Hezbollah members from their neighborhoods, warning that otherwise, it would order evacuations and take necessary action.