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Israeli army issues new evacuation orders in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army has now issued a new set of evacuation orders, bringing the total to 130 towns and villages across southern Lebanon.
It’s a significant chunk of the territory.
Now the Lebanese are very concerned about this because they heard reports of the Israeli army massing at its border, including reserve brigades being called up, and they are now looking at the width of these Israeli evacuation orders and wondering what the actual definition of “limited” is to the Israelis.
Remember, at the very beginning of the ground offensive, the Israelis said this was going to be “limited” in their words.
Air strikes continue to come in, several today where I am, and that’s being repeated in other parts of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah says they’ve launched major attacks against Israeli soldiers who are across that border.
Unsafe zones in Beirut’s southern suburbs include at least 7 hospitals, CNN analysis finds
At least seven hospitals are in the no-go zones imposed by the Israeli military in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, including Al Rassoul Al Azam Hospital and St. Therese Hospital, CNN analysis of Israeli military evacuation orders found.
The unsafe zones in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a group of residential neighborhoods that also house Hezbollah’s seat of power, encompass nearly 9 square kilometers (3.4 square miles).
CNN analyzed a total of 39 evacuation orders up to and including the night of October 6, which have been issued almost daily since September 27 by Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee in posts on X.
CNN also found that infographics shared early on by the Israeli military alongside its evacuation orders were inaccurate in some cases. The graphics appear to illustrate the 500-meter zone around target buildings from which residents must evacuate for their safety – showing a red circle around the highlighted building, and a dotted line annotated with “500 meters” in Arabic. In actuality, the radiuses of the highlighted buffer zones in those cases only measured around 100 meters. This was the case for six separate evacuation orders before the IDF stopped including illustrations of the no-go-zones in their graphics. CNN has contacted the IDF for comment.
Downed missile shrapnel causes fire in Beit Shemesh, Israel
A fire has erupted at Beit Shemesh, 30km (19 miles) west of Jerusalem, due to shrapnel from a downed ballistic missile that the Israeli military says was launched from Yemen.
Panicked Israelis filmed the fire as it burned through a large tree.
As we earlier reported, the Israeli air force announced that it “successfully intercepted” the missile, which had set off air raid sirens across central Israel.
Hezbollah says Israel trying to use UN peacekeepers as human shields
In a statement attributed to a field office, the Lebanese group says the Israeli military is engaging in “unusual activities” near a UNIFIL base in the village of Maroun al-Ras.
According to Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen news channel, the field office commander said Hezbollah fighters were asked to not engage Israeli forces in the area to protect the UN peacekeepers.
“The Israeli enemy is trying to take UNIFIL forces as human shields to cover up its failure to advance towards the village, especially after repeated failed attempts from several fronts,” the statement said.
Houthis fired missiles and drones at Tel Aviv
Houthi military spokesman General Yahya Saree says that the group targeted two military targets in Tel Aviv with “two missiles”. He said the first was a “Palestine 2 type” missile, which succeeded in hitting its target.
He added that earlier today, the Houthis launched several drones at Tel Aviv and Eilat, with a number of them successfully reaching their targets.
