Jerusalem, September 18, 2025: The Israeli army on Thursday called on residents of several villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate, warning of imminent air strikes against Hezbollah positions.
“The army will attack military infrastructure belonging to the terrorist Hezbollah in various areas of south Lebanon in the near term, in response to its prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the region,” Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee said on X.
The warnings came as tensions flared once again along the Israel–Lebanon border. Hezbollah, backed by Iran, has been engaged in sporadic cross-border exchanges with Israel despite a ceasefire agreed last November.
In Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urged the international community to intervene, accusing Israel of escalating hostilities.
“Lebanon calls on the international community, and particularly the countries that sponsored the ceasefire agreement, to exert maximum pressure on Israel to immediately halt its attacks,” Salam said during a cabinet meeting.
France and the United States are the main guarantors of the November truce, which was intended to end more than a year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
