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Israel’s military issues new evacuation order for south Beirut
The Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for residents in two areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs threatening to strike Hezbollah’s targets there “in the near future”.
“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them a distance of no less than 500 metres [1,640 feet],” the military said.
Israeli air strikes pound southern Beirut’s suburb
At least two Israeli missile strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs with footage showing smoke rising from the area after Israel issued an evacuation call.
The official National News Agency said “enemy aircraft launched two new strikes” on the Haret Hreik district in the Dahiyeh suburb – one of the areas where the Israeli military earlier told residents to evacuate.
‘Terrifying’ scenes as Israeli bombs southern Beirut
It has become a nightly event – Israeli forced-evacuation orders followed by air strikes here in Lebanon. Those evacuation orders seem to happen at around 10pm (19:00 GMT).
Some terrifying videos appearing on social media show the impact of what we understand to be missiles that directly targeted buildings. And by and large, the vast majority of these buildings are residential – large blocks of flats containing hundreds of people’s homes.
That area of the southern suburbs before this crisis started had a population of around 700,000. It’s impossible to know exactly how many people are still living in that area. People will tell you just what a terrifying experience it is.
Beirut is facing great pressure in accommodating those forced out of their homes – about 1.4 million people, including 500,000 children, according to the Lebanese government. Local authorities will need about $250m a month just to look after the displaced people as a result of Israel’s bombing campaign.
