IDF issues evacuation warning for Tyre — warns residents to leave as Hezbollah strikes imminent in Lebanese coastal city
The IDF issued a large-scale evacuation warning for the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre and all surrounding towns — the first of its kind in Tyre during the war. AFP confirmed chaos erupted across Tyre with residents fleeing amid heavy traffic and warning gunfire. Additional villages Arnoun, Yohmor, Zawtar El Charqiyeh, and Zawtar El Gharbiyeh also received evacuation orders. Many families remained including those in Palestinian refugee camps. NYT described it as a large-scale operation targeting Hezbollah infrastructure across the Tyre district.
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IDF issued AFP-confirmed evacuation warning to Tyre residents, stating it was about to strike Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese coastal city. The warning follows the IDF established pattern of pre-strike civilian notification.
Hezbollah did not formally respond to the IDF Tyre evacuation warning. The targeting of Tyre signals Israel is expanding its Lebanon campaign from southern suburbs of Beirut to include major coastal urban centers where Hezbollah maintains infrastructure.
Iran condemned the IDF evacuation warning for Tyre as a prelude to destroying Lebanese civilian infrastructure, describing the expansion of strikes to UNESCO heritage sites as a deliberate escalation of the war crimes campaign.
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