Israeli military urges residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate amid operations against Hezbollah

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1 min readUpdated: May 3, 2026 07:12 PM IST

The Israeli military issued an urgent warning on Sunday to residents of 11 towns ⁠and ​villages in southern Lebanon, urging them to evacuate their homes and move at ​least 1,000 ​metres (3,300 feet) away ⁠to open areas.

The military said it was ‌conducting operations against Hezbollah following what it described as a violation of their ceasefire agreement, warning that anyone near ⁠Hezbollah fighters or ⁠facilities could be at risk.

Israel has continued ⁠to ‌carry out ​strikes across southern Lebanon, ‌and its troops are occupying a strip ‌of the ​country’s south, ​destroying ​homes they describe as infrastructure being used by ​Hezbollah.

The Iran-backed militant ⁠group has kept up its drone and rocket attacks against ‌Israeli ⁠troops in Lebanon and on northern Israel.