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Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Lebanon told to flee by Israeli military.

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for all of the southern suburbs of Beirut, in an area called the Dahiyeh which it says is a Hezbollah stronghold.

There’s no definitive figure on how big the population is here but some estimates put it between 300,000 to 700,000. It is believed to be the first time the Israeli military has ordered large swathes of the Lebanese capital to flee, when before they would force people out of specific buildings that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would then strike.

The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the latest order covers four major neighbourhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut – Bourj el-Barajneh, Hadath, Haret Hreik and Shiyyah.

“Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” he said in a message posted on social media.

“Beware, heading south is prohibited. Any southward movement could endanger your lives.

“We will inform you of the safe time to return to your homes.”

^From The Guardian.

But of course Tadgh Hickey is the real problem here, not the Israeli state terrorist war machine driving people out of their homes.
 
Roxetten said:
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Lebanon told to flee by Israeli military.

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for all of the southern suburbs of Beirut, in an area called the Dahiyeh which it says is a Hezbollah stronghold.

There’s no definitive figure on how big the population is here but some estimates put it between 300,000 to 700,000. It is believed to be the first time the Israeli military has ordered large swathes of the Lebanese capital to flee, when before they would force people out of specific buildings that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would then strike.

The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the latest order covers four major neighbourhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut – Bourj el-Barajneh, Hadath, Haret Hreik and Shiyyah.

“Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” he said in a message posted on social media.

“Beware, heading south is prohibited. Any southward movement could endanger your lives.

“We will inform you of the safe time to return to your homes.”

^From The Guardian.

But of course Tadgh Hickey is the real problem here, not the Israeli state terrorist war machine driving people out of their homes.
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It doesn't have to be an either or.
 
Roxetten said:
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Lebanon told to flee by Israeli military.

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for all of the southern suburbs of Beirut, in an area called the Dahiyeh which it says is a Hezbollah stronghold.

There’s no definitive figure on how big the population is here but some estimates put it between 300,000 to 700,000. It is believed to be the first time the Israeli military has ordered large swathes of the Lebanese capital to flee, when before they would force people out of specific buildings that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would then strike.

The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the latest order covers four major neighbourhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut – Bourj el-Barajneh, Hadath, Haret Hreik and Shiyyah.

“Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” he said in a message posted on social media.

“Beware, heading south is prohibited. Any southward movement could endanger your lives.

“We will inform you of the safe time to return to your homes.”

^From The Guardian.

But of course Tadgh Hickey is the real problem here, not the Israeli state terrorist war machine driving people out of their homes.
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Before the Civil War that area had a large Christian population, During the 1975–1990 civil war, Christians were forced to leave (specifically after the "Black Saturday" and Karantina massacres).
The Lebanese Christians, the few that are left tend to be pro Israel.
But screw them.
 
Israeli army begins strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Further to that (and further exposing the limitations of Europe’s ability to influence Israeli policy), the IDF military has said that it is striking what it describes as Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiya neighbourhood, a densely populated commercial and residential area in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The IDF had earlier issued forced evacuation orders for the whole population of Beirut’s southern suburbs - home to some 500,000 people - sparking widespread panic and leading to huge queues of traffic as people tried to flee.

Per my colleague William Christou’s report, “traffic was at a standstill throughout the city and thousands of people resorted to walking, with women pushing strollers holding infants through bumper-to-bumper traffic. Families made appeals for rescue services to help extract elderly people who could not leave their homes on their own.”

Residents are also still scouring through the wreckage of residential buildings damaged by previous Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital.

Indeed, Israel has been striking parts of Dahiya since Monday, but Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, threatened widespread destruction in a video released today on social media.

Referring to a city in southern Gaza that Israel almost entirely destroyed during its military assault on the Palestinian territory, Smotrich said:

The Dahiya will look like Khan Younis. You wanted to give us hell, but you’ve brought hell upon yourself.

The evacuation order was issued just a day after the IDF ordered all residents to flee the area south of the Litani River, which compromises about 10% of Lebanon, raising concerns that it may be about to launch a ground invasion.
 
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