Israeli raids targeted on Thursday the towns of Mays al-Jabal, Kfar tebnit and Debbin after the Israeli army issued an urgent warning to residents of several villages in southern Lebanon, cautioning of imminent strikes on what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure.
The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee identified the villages of Mays al-Jabal, Kfar Tibnit and Debbin as areas where buildings allegedly used by Hezbollah have been marked. He urged residents to evacuate the designated sites as well as adjacent structures and to move at least 500 meters away. “Remaining inside the buildings puts your lives at risk,” the warning stated.
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A new warning was issued following the first round of strikes, calling for the evacuation of areas in Chehabiyyeh and Teir Kelawiyyeh.
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Such direct alerts to civilians have been rare in recent months. The last time a warning of this kind was issued in June 2025, when Adraee called on residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs and parts of Nabatieh Governorate to evacuate buildings allegedly used by Hezbollah before airstrikes on what the army said were underground drone facilities.
In response to the Israeli army’s warnings, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated that Beirut would not submit to “media blackmail.” In a post on his account on X, Salam affirmed Lebanon’s commitment to halting hostilities and engaging in mechanism meetings to maintain calm. He questioned Israel’s adherence to these frameworks: “Where is Israel’s commitment to these mechanisms? How can it continue intimidation and aggression, when these meetings are supposed to ensure full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the cessation of hostilities?”
The Prime minister called on the international community, especially the sponsors of the ceasefire arrangements, to exert maximum pressure on Israel to stop its attacks immediately, return to the agreed mechanisms, and respect its commitments. Salam also reiterated Lebanon’s demands, including Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory where it is still present, an end to repeated violations, and the release of detainees.
For its part, the Lebanese army stated that the Israeli attacks “hinder the army’s deployment in the South, and their continuation risks compromising the implementation of its plan starting from the area south of the Litani.”
In a statement published Thursday evening on X, the army reported more than “4,500 violations of the ceasefire” concluded in 2024.
The army also announced that “a specialized military unit discovered in Labbouneh (Tyre region) a camouflaged Israeli espionage device.” It added that “the army dismantled it, while its command continues to monitor these violations in coordination with the Ceasefire Supervision Commission and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).”
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