The evacuation warnings got here late within the morning on April 8. “Urgent alert to residents of the southern suburbs,” an Israel Defense Forces official wrote on Telegram and X, itemizing neighborhoods in better Beirut the place navy operations in opposition to Hezbollah had been imminent. “The IDF does not intend to harm you, and therefore, to ensure your safety, you must evacuate immediately.”
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