Israel strikes Hezbollah intelligence HQ in Beirut as IDF orders new evacuation of villages north of UN’s buffer zone signalling possible expansion of Lebanon invasion [Video]

Israel has today struck Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the heart of Beirut, as it ordered civilians in Lebanese villages north of the UN’s buffer zone to evacuate ‘immediately.’

Israeli fighter jets ‘struck targets belonging to Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Beirut, including terror operatives belonging to the unit, intelligence-gathering means, command centres and additional terrorist infrastructure,’ the military said in a statement.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported three air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, with a source close to Hezbollah telling AFP the target was an evacuated building that housed the group’s media relations office. 

The IDF separately warned Lebanese people to evacuate more than 20 villages and the city of Nabatiyeh, which all lie north of the UN’s buffer zone. 

‘For your own safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and head north of the Awali River. Save your lives,’ army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.

The airstrikes in the …