Israel Issues Phone Warnings Urging Beirut Residents to Evacuate

Lebanese state media reported on Monday that people were receiving phone warnings from Israeli forces, instructing them to evacuate. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), citizens in Beirut and several other areas received these warnings via landline calls.

The office of Information Minister Ziad Makari confirmed to AFP that it had also received one of these calls. When staff answered the landline, they were greeted by a “recorded message” urging them to evacuate quickly. The NNA described the calls as originating from what they referred to as the “Israeli enemy.”