Israel-Lebanon latest: Intense strikes on Hezbollah launched by Israeli military as it warns civilians to flee
Threat of all-out regional war grows as Israel denies involvement in deadly pager attacks
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The Israeli military has told residents of southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where Hezbollah stores weapons as it says it is carrying out “extensive strikes” against the militant group.
It was the first warning of its kind in nearly a year of steadily escalating conflict and came after a particularly heavy exchange of fire on Sunday. Israel said it struck around 290 targets inside Lebanon after Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets at northern Israel.
Residents in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon have now been told to evacuate as Israeli airstrikes on the area are imminent.
Israeli Arabic-language military spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted a message on X, formerly Twitter, warning that another “raid will begin in the near future”.
“Evacuate the houses where [Hezbollah] weapons are hidden immediately! Hezbollah is lying to you and sacrificing you,” he wrote.
“Hezbollah says that you are its environment and that you are its audience, but it seems that its missiles and drones are more valuable and important to it than you.”
Breaking: Hezbollah says it launched rockets at Israeli military after attacks on Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah has said it has launched rockets at Israeli military after attacks on Southern Lebanon, according to a statement by the group.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it has struck 300 targets in Lebanon as it increases the pressure on Hezbollah.
Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions rise
Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space.
Below are some of the airlines that have adjusted services to and from the region:
- AIR ALGERIE
- AIRBALTIC
- AIR FRANCE-KLM
- KLM
- AIR INDIA
- CATHAY PACIFIC
- DELTA AIR LINES
- EASYJET
- IAG
- RYANAIR
- UNITED AIRLINES
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‘Everywhere you look there has been an airstrike’
Below we have some more footage from southern Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out extensive airstrikes this morning.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib can be heard saying in the video that “everywhere you look there has been an airstrike”.
Israel launches airstrikes on southern Lebanon - in pictures
Israelis must keep composed as Lebanon strikes intensify, defence minister says
Israel is deepening its attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the public will have to remain calm the next few days, defence minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday, signaling that he expected intensified fire from across the border.
“We are deepening our attacks in Lebanon, the actions will continue until we achieve our goal to return the northern residents safely to their homes,” Gallant said in a video published by his office. “These are days in which the Israeli public will have to show composure.”
Footage shows moment of Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon
Footage published by Lebanese media has shown the seconds after an Israeli airstrike hit a village in southern Lebanon.
The strike was reportedly carried out in the village of Ansar in the Nabatieh Governorate. The link below is from The Times of Israel’s military correspondent Emanuel Fabian.
Earlier, we reported that Israel had told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of imminent strikes targeting Hezbollah weapons stores.
Israeli army says airstrikes on houses where Hezbollah hid weapons are imminent, residents must evacuate immediately
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee has said that airstrikes on houses in Lebanese villages in which Hezbollah had hidden weapons were imminent on Monday, warning residents to evacuate immediately.
Rocket hits east of Lebanon's Byblos in area previously not targeted - resident, state media
A rocket hit an uninhabited mountainside east of the Lebanese port city of Byblos on Monday, Lebanon’s state media and a resident there has said.
The area has not been previously hit by airstrikes but falls between Christian and Shi’ite villages there, the resident said, declining to be identified. Israel on Monday carried out intensified airstrikes across a wider geographical region, targeting the Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah.
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