Hezbollah warns Israelis to stay away from army in residential areas
Hezbollah has warned Israelis "from being near these military gatherings in order to preserve their lives."
Residents of Basta, Central Beirut fleeing the neighborhood with their belongings after an Israeli airstrike left at least 11 killed and others missing on October 11 2024. Picture: Nael Chahine/ AFP
BEIRUT - Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Friday warned Israelis to stay away from Israeli army sites in residential areas in the north of the country.
"The Israeli enemy army uses the homes" of Israelis in north Israel, and has military bases inside residential "neighbourhoods in major occupied cities such as Haifa, Tiberias, Acre," it said in a statement in Arabic and Hebrew.
It warned Israelis "from being near these military gatherings in order to preserve their lives."
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