Israel requests the residents of the neighborhood near Beirut to evacuate

The Israeli army ordered the residents near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to evacuate on Friday for the first time since it entered the ceasefire in the United States months ago after the rockets were fired at northern Israel.

Avichay Adrae, an Israeli army spokesman, has published a social media map with one building in the Dahiya populated haadath in the edges of Beirut, which bears a red mark. Anyone wrote about 300 yards from the temple, “He must sit immediately,” saying that they were near the “facilities” to Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and militant group.

After the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 sparked the war in Gaza, Hezbollah began firing missiles and drones at Israeli sites in solidarity with its Palestinian ally. The fighting escalated into a large -scale war and the invasion of the Israeli land in front of both sides He agreed to a ceasefire In November.

The Israeli forces regularly conducted attacks on alleged militant sites in southern and eastern Lebanon, despite the truce with Hezbollah. But Dahiya, which is traditionally the stronghold of support for the armed group, has not been targeted since the ceasefire was agreed upon.

Air warning sirens from the missile fire in northern Israel, including the city of Kiryat Shona, ran out on Friday morning. The Israeli army later said that one of the projectiles had been intercepted and another fell inside Lebanese territory. Hezbollah denied any involvement and said in a statement that it had been committed to a ceasefire.

Israel Katz, the Israeli Defense Minister, threatened to attack Beirut in response. “If you are not calm in Kirit Shona and societies in Galilee – you will not be calm in Beirut,” Mr. Katz said in a statement.

In Dahia, the fire broke out while the residents tried to alert the neighbors to the Israeli threat, in a scene that reminded us of the most intense days in the war when the Israeli air strikes bombed the neighborhood on a daily basis.

“People feel panic,” said Elie Hashem, director of St. Teres, who is about 600 meters from the building threatened as Mr. Adri on social media. “I can hear cars that are honored like crazy abroad on the street.”

Mr. Hashem said that the employees in the hospital itself, which was what was It was severely damaged in the warIt does not have immediate evacuation plans.

At the present time, he said, they were only “trying to keep everyone’s calm.”

Hwaida Saad and Daya Euza It contributed to the reports from Beirut.