Israel military issues evacuation warning for Beirut's southern suburbs

Published June 1, 2026 Updated June 1, 2026 07:27pm

Israel’s military has warned residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs of imminent strikes and called for them to evacuate, AFP reports.

“The Israel Defence Forces warns residents of the Dahiyeh area in Beirut and calls on them to evacuate to preserve their safety,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee says on X.

“If the terrorist Hezbollah continues launching rockets toward Israeli cities and towns, the IDF will respond by targeting objectives in the southern Dahiyeh.”

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