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Just hours before an agreed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah comes into force, the Israeli army on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of residents in areas of central Beirut and the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, indicating a strike was imminent.
“Urgent warning to residents of the Beirut area,” army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X, telling people in the Bachoura area in the city centre to leave, as well as “all residents in the southern suburb area”, specifically in Ghobeiry.
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