Israel widens evacuation warning to large area of southern Lebanon
Israel’s military has warned residents of a large area of southern Lebanon to leave their homes, saying it would act “forcefully” against Hezbollah.
The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said on X that Lebanese residents should move north of the Zahrani River, which at its midpoint is about 56 kilometres away from the border with Israel.
Over 800,000 people in Lebanon have been displaced over the past 10 days in the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, part of the wider Iran war.
Meanwhile he Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera.
The army announced the decision in the high-profile case at a time when much of the country’s attention is focused on the war with Iran.
