Israel informed folks to evacuate Beirut’s south suburbs — then hit metropolis’s heart

The evacuation warnings got here late within the morning on April 8. “Pressing alert to residents of the southern suburbs,” an Israel Protection Forces official wrote on Telegram and X, itemizing neighborhoods in better Beirut the place army operations towards Hezbollah had been imminent. “The IDF doesn’t intend to hurt you, and subsequently, to make sure your security, you could evacuate instantly.”