The Israeli military said on Wednesday that all areas south of Lebanon’s Zahrani River, which runs roughly 40 kilometres north of the Israel-Lebanon border, were considered “combat zones” and urged residents to head north.

The warning called into further question the fragile ceasefire that took effect on April 17, but which has done little to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X: “We advise the residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate to the north of the Zahrani River, as all areas south of the river are considered combat zones.”