Israel Carries Out Air Strikes in South Lebanon after Evacuation Warning

Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes on the country’s south on Saturday after Israel’s army issued an evacuation warning to several villages, as well as in other areas despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah. “In light of the terrorist Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is compelled to act against it forcefully,” the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X, listing nine villages. “For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and stay away from the villages and towns by a distance of no less than 1,000 meters to open areas,” he added. Israeli warplanes “launched a strike on the town of Zrariyeh after the morning warning,” the state-run National News Agency said, also reporting strikes on several other areas included in the Israeli warning, in which the army said it would act against Hezbollah. The agency also reported Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on other areas of the country’s south not mentioned in the warning, along with casualties in several locations.