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Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Linked Sites in Southern Lebanon After Evacuation Warnings

The operation targets facilities the IDF says support Hezbollah’s rebuilding in areas restricted by Resolution 1701, as Lebanon pursues a year-end drive to remove weapons outside state control.

Overview

  • The IDF issued localized alerts for Taibeh, Aita al-Jabal, and Tayr Debba, telling residents to leave marked buildings and stay 500 meters away, while clarifying it was not calling for mass village evacuations.
  • Targets included a Hezbollah Construction Unit facility in the Tyre region and industrial sites such as ironworks in the Abbasiyeh area that Israel says were used to restore military infrastructure.
  • Arab and local media reported at least one person killed and several wounded in the Tyre district strikes, with Lebanon’s health ministry citing casualties in the area.
  • UNIFIL and the Lebanese army condemned the airstrikes as breaches of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, with UN peacekeepers urging restraint to prevent escalation.
  • Lebanon’s cabinet reviewed progress on seizing non-state weapons ahead of a declared year-end deadline, Israel’s Security Cabinet planned to discuss the developments, and Hezbollah said it would defend itself while rejecting political talks on disarmament.