Israel tells Lebanese city’s residents to leave, day after Iran called for attacks to stop

The Israeli military issues an evacuation order for the southern city of Tyre – including the Christian quarter – saying it will act “forcefully”.

A map of an evacuation order issued by the Israel Defense Forces in the city of Tyre, southern LebanonImage source, Israel Defense Forces/X

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is telling residents in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon to urgently leave their homes.

The military is warning people, including those living in the city’s Christian quarter and the surrounding camps, to evacuate and move north of the Zahrani river.

IDF Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee writes on X that residents’ “presence near Hezbollah elements… endangers your lives”.

“Any building used by Hezbollah for military purposes may be subject to targeting,” he adds.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency has reported artillery shelling this morning on the outskirts of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in Tyre, but this has not yet been confirmed by the IDF.

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