The Israel Defense Forces appeared to expand its strikes on Hezbollah to the Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday, Lebanon’s state media reported, as the Iran-backed terror group filed multiple volleys of rockets targeting central and northern Israel.
“Four strikes targeted the city of Tyre after the enemy threatened to bomb it,” the National News Agency said, following earlier reporting that “an enemy drone targeted” a “street in Tyre.”
Earlier in the day, Israel issued an urgent evacuation warning to residents of the city, ahead of airstrikes against Hezbollah sites.
The warning, which covered a large portion of the city, was the first broad evacuation call issued for Tyre since the start of the war, compared to previous orders that were directed at specific buildings.
Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, posted a map of the targeted areas on X, warning civilians: “Hezbollah’s activity forces the IDF to act in the area you are in.
“The IDF does not want to harm you. You must immediately move away from the area marked in red and head north to the Awali River. Anyone who is near Hezbollah personnel, facilities and weapons of Hezbollah is putting their life in danger!” Adraee wrote. (Read More)
