Israeli military sends ‘urgent’ evacuation order for south Lebanon villages
The Israeli military ordered people in 25 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately signalling it’s expanding its ground offensive.
Avichay Adraee, the army’s Arabic-language spokesman, told residents of the villages – including Houla, Meiss el-Jabal, and Bilda – to evacuate or risk “putting their lives in danger”.
“Do not go south,” he said, adding Lebanese residents must move north of the Awali River.
Some of the listed villages have repeatedly been targets of the Israeli military in its bombings of southern Lebanon for the past year. Fighter jets carried out a bombing raid of Kfar Kila to target Hezbollah fighters.
UNHCR head urges ‘desperately needed ceasefire’ in Lebanon visit
Filippo Grandi has called for a ceasefire in Lebanon after visiting families sheltering in schools in Beirut.
“What they need most is for airstrikes to stop so they can return to their homes safely,” the head of the UN’s refugee agency quoted the displaced people as telling him.
Grandi arrived in the Lebanese capital on Saturday, saying his visit was in solidarity with those affected by the Israeli air attacks and aimed at supporting the humanitarian effort to provide care to hundreds of thousands of people left destitute or without a home.
“A ceasefire in Lebanon is desperately needed,” Grandi said in a post on X, adding that the international community “must step up humanitarian support to those in need”.
Displaced families hosted in Beirut schools say that what they need most is for airstrikes to stop so they can return to their homes safely.
A #ceasefire in Lebanon is desperately needed.
Meanwhile the international community must step up humanitarian support to those in need. pic.twitter.com/z77Srz4NNu
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) October 6, 2024
Israeli army says it killed Hezbollah commander
The Israeli military says an air strike killed a Hezbollah commander in the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, who it claimed was responsible for a deadly anti-tank missile attack on Israel in January.
Hacher Ali Tawil was responsible for strike on the village of Yuval on January 14, which killed Barak Ayalon, 45, and his mother Miri Ayalon, 76.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack on October 7, 2023.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drones at Israeli targets in Golan
The umbrella group of Iran-aligned militias in Iraq announced three separate attacks on Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights.
Neither the Islamic Resistance in Iraq or the Israeli military immediately commented on the potential impact.
The latest attacks come two days after the group launched two drones at a military base in the occupied territory. One was intercepted but the other hit Israeli soldiers, killing two and wounding 24. That was the first time a projectile launched from Iraq managed to inflict casualties on Israeli forces.
Suspected Israeli missiles hit car factory in Syria’s Homs
Explosions rocked an automotive factory in Hassia in the Homs governorate of Syria, according to the country’s state-run SANA news agency.
Two Israeli missiles are suspected to have hit the industrial area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The pro-militia Sabereen News outlet in Iraq released a short video showing plumes of smoke rising from the area. At least one person was killed and three were wounded after vehicles purportedly carrying aid supplies were struck.
