Residents of southern Lebanon are fleeing their homes en masse due to Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets. People are seeking refuge both in the north of their country and in Syria. Video of the day.
Residents of southern Lebanon are moving to safer areas where Hezbollah does not use civilian infrastructure to launch rockets, Israel War Room notes. Traffic jams have formed on the roads.
Photos of roads blocked by cars have appeared on social media, and more residents of southern Lebanon have begun to leave their homes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Lebanese to leave “danger zones.”
“I call on you, leaders, to take our warning seriously. Do not allow Hezbollah to put your lives and the lives of your loved ones at risk. Do not allow Hezbollah to put Lebanon at risk,” the politician said. Israeli forces are not fighting the Lebanese, but Hezbollah, which is hiding rockets in civilian homes. Netanyahu promised that when the Israeli operation ends, the Lebanese will be able to return home.
