Israeli army issues new evacuation call for Baalbek region

W460

The Israeli military on Sunday called for the evacuation of the Baalbek area in eastern Lebanon, warning that it was ready to strike Hezbollah targets there and in nearby Douris.

The latest evacuation call came as the military's Home Front Command activated sirens at regular intervals along the border as dozens of projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory since Sunday morning.

"You are currently located near the facilities and assets associated with Hezbollah, which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will be targeting in the near future," the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X addressed to residents of Baalbek and Douris.

The Israeli air force intercepted several projectiles that were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory, while some fell in open areas, the military said in a statement.

On Thursday, rocket fire from Lebanon killed seven people in the town of Metula in northern Israel, including four Thai farmers.

Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in a deadly war since September 23 that has killed more than 1,900 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally of Lebanese health ministry figures.

Israel's military says 38 soldiers have been killed in the Lebanon campaign since it began ground operations on September 30.

Clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants first erupted on October 8 last year when the Lebanese group began firing rockets into Israel in support of its ally Hamas, a day after the Palestinian militant group launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from Gaza.

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Thumb gebran_sons 03 November 2024, 16:05

Talk 44-MISSED GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR FREEDOM: All wondering if Hizbollah agrees to UN 1701. This is surreal! Anyone with half a brain knows Hizb arms has nothing to do with protecting Lebanon but transforming South into Iranian rocket base endangering its residents. Hizbollah is an Iranian Brigade causing more destruction every day it is not disarmed, its leadership & deputies put in prison & properties confiscated. Anyone helping HizbIran to stack arms, create hideouts in residences and dig tunnels must be tried for grand treason. Netanyahu actually wants Hizb to retain some arms so he can torpedo the 2-state solution & stay in power instead of prison. For permanent peace, democracy, independence & prosperity our Army must immediately give an ultimatum to Hizb to surrender all its arms & tunnels. Everyday it wait results in more destruction and innocent lives killed. Thousand volunteers will join army if it needs help to get rid Lebanon of this cancer. Serious Talks Continue:

Thumb gebran_sons 03 November 2024, 16:05

Talk 45- ENOUGH LIES – 1559 NOW (PART1): UN 1559 is a must and any leader or politician pretending otherwise is a traitor responsible for the unnecessary destruction of our cities.
1. Israel army goal is to disarm Hizb not to occupy Lebanon. Disarming Hizb insures the end of war.
2. Hizb is an Iranian brigade willingly destroying Lebanon to benefit Iran’s tyrants & hegemony aims
3. Hizb fighters not protecting south but the Iranian tunnels & rockets. They are causing South destruction
4. Disarming Hizb is a Lebanese, Arab & Western demand opening flood of aid & army support
5. Netanyahu & Hizb same message of hate & destruction, needing each other to stay in power
6. Netanyahu wants Hizb to keep arms so he stay in power instead of prison & prevent 2-state solution
7. Defeating Netanyahu is by disarming Hizb, working with Saudi for 2-state solution & permanent peace.
8. Only with UN 1559 Netanyahu & his radicals will be defeated and sent to prison for war crimes.

Thumb gebran_sons 03 November 2024, 16:06

Talk 46- ENOUGH LIES – 1559 NOW (PART2): Anyone seeking war pause without disarming Hizb is plotting against Shia, Palestinians and condemning Lebanon to more occupation & misery.
1. All Hizb leadership are foreign agents destroying Lebanon to protect weapons that benefit Iran tyrants
2. Hizb leadership & deputies must face justice & all Hizb properties seized to help displaced
3. Berri is opposite of Imam Saddr plotting against Lebanon for personal benefits. Amal needs new leader
4. With only one remaining hidden arm storage Hizb fighters can occupy all Christian & Sunni areas
5. Batrak, Mutran Aude & Sami Jemayel are acting as Hizb Useful Idiots by not calling for immediate 1559
6. With Hizb fighters indoctrination & hate, can Batrak/Aoude/Jemayel protect Christians without 1559?
7. Where is army? If army disarmed Hizb after its arm storages were hit, it would’ve prevented Israeli incursion & senseless destruction of cities, many killed civilians & millions displaced?

Thumb gebran_sons 03 November 2024, 16:06

Talk 47- ENOUGH LIES – 1559 NOW (PART3): Disarming Hizb will free the Shia community prior to freeing Lebanon and allowing it to rejoin the Arab fold. Hizb is a curse on Shia first.
1. All are shocked at level of indoctrination and ingrained hate of Hizb fighters and supporters
2. Socked at level of Hizb community transformation into Iranian basij in dress, thoughts & hate
3. Shocked at quantity of hidden arms all over Lebanon & at border of non-Shia cities
4. Shoked at wasted money on weapons & tunnels while children facing hunger (Houthis strategy)
5. Brightest Shia men instead of being engineers & innovators to rebuild Lebanon are destroying it for Iran
6. Who will protect those opposing Hizb occupation once war stops if Hizb fighters not disarmed?
7. Disarming Hizb free Shia, restore freedom & democracy, open flood of investment, bring prosperity
8. 1550 a must to rejoin Arab fold & rebuild nation. Otherwise, slow death continues.

Thumb gebran_sons 03 November 2024, 16:06

Talk 48 – ENOUGH HIZB APOLOGISTS AT MTV:
1. George Ghanem must be fired by MTV for being Hizb mouthpiece. He can’t see difference between Maronite political power used to preserve freedom, democracy & sovereignty; Sunnis political power with Rafiq Hariri focusing on education, development & growth making Beirut envy of the region; and Shia duo power that is destroying everything Hariri built, killed our freedom and independence, bankrupted our nation making it an Iranian rocket base. Worst he wants Army to fight Israel instead of disarming Hizb for no more wars. What a disgrace!
2. Nabila Awad; hard to find a dumber reporter. She keeps saying Hizb received Shia vote & praising Nassrallah the killer of Hariri, Tueni, M14 martyrs & the assassin of a nation. Pls read history to know that no free vote under arms. 95% percent of Shia Iraqi voted for Saddam (same for Kadafi & Assad). When Hizb is disarmed its leaders will be hanged by Shia for duping them for so long.

Thumb gebran_sons 04 November 2024, 06:06

No 2-state solution is possible with Hizb and Hamas keeping arms. Once disarmed, Netanyahu will most likely lose election and him and his radicals ministers will face justice for war crimes and inciting hate. Hamas and Hizbollah leaders should also face justice for sacrificing their people and damaging Arab nations to benefit Iranian tyrants as well as stabbing in the back Saudi regional peace efforts. They are as radical as Houthis and Taliban indoctrinating. oppressing and destroying the future of a whole generation.

Thumb i.report 04 November 2024, 20:39

Gebran’s sons is trapped in a bygone era, stubbornly pushing outdated, 20th-century political agendas as if they still hold any weight in today’s world. While he clings to relics of the past, Lebanon’s so-called Western “allies” have long since sold the country to the highest bidder, leaving us to grapple with the consequences. His narrow vision ignores the fact that Lebanon’s future cannot and should not be tethered to those who’ve repeatedly betrayed it.

Thumb i.report 04 November 2024, 20:40

It’s time to wake up: true peace and prosperity for Lebanon will come not from clinging to failed Western alliances but from forging new connections with the Global South—nations with whom we can build equitable partnerships, grounded in mutual respect and common interests. Gebran’s sons will eventually have to face reality: his dated approach is a dead end, and it’s Lebanon’s alignment with the Global South that offers the real path forward. Holding onto his obsolete ideals is not only unproductive but risks condemning Lebanon to perpetual instability and missed opportunities for growth.