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Residents Flee as Israel Pounds South Beirut
The Israel Defense Forces ordered about 700,000 residents of Beirut's Dahieh suburbs to evacuate ahead of large-scale strikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds.
- On Thursday, the IDF ordered residents of Dahieh to evacuate immediately, affecting about 700,000 people in an unprecedented scope, ahead of potential strikes.
- Israeli defence officials said the warning preceded a planned large‑scale strike, following fighting since Monday and Wednesday evacuation orders south of the Litani River to pressure Hezbollah.
- Col. Avichay Adraee posted in Arabic mapping evacuation routes, calling on Burj al‑Barajneh and Hadath residents to move east along the Beirut‑Damascus highway and telling Haret Hreik and Chiyah to head north or east.
- Almost 96,000 people are registered at displacement centres, and Nawaf Salam warned a 'humanitarian disaster is looming' due to mass displacement, government‑opened schools are full, and many families sleep in cars.
- The Lebanese government announced steps targeting Iranian influence, ordering arrests of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members and reinstating visa requirements, while Bezalel Smotrich warned 'Very soon, Dahieh will resemble Khan Yunis'.
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