Israel orders al-Mansouri evacuation after troops killed in blast blamed on Hezbollah

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in a bomb explosion inside a booby-trapped building in Majdalzoun in south Lebanon, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of "violating the ceasefire agreement" and ordered the residents of al-Mansouri to evacuate ahead of strikes, the first such warning in several weeks.

"In light of Hezbollah's violations of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces are compelled to act... For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move north," Arabic-language spokeswoman Ella Waweya posted on X, addressing the residents of al-Mansouri.

The warning came after Lebanon and Israel held US-sponsored talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking Israel's phased withdrawal from the south.

Earlier in the day, Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes on al-Mansouri while artillery shelled the outskirts of Majdalzoun. Warplanes also conducted mock raids and dropped flares over several areas in southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces were detonating houses overnight into Wednesday in the border towns of Kfartebnit, al-Mansouri and Haddatha, and burning forests and fruit-bearing trees in Houla, with flames spreading to houses in the occupied border town.

Meanwhile, in the Nabatieh district, the Israeli military dropped flare bombs over the heights of Kfar Remman.