Israel told people to evacuate Beirut’s south suburbs — then hit city’s center

The evacuation warnings came late in the morning on April 8. “Urgent alert to residents of the southern suburbs,” an Israel Defense Forces official wrote on Telegram and X, listing neighborhoods in greater Beirut where military operations against Hezbollah were imminent. “The IDF does not intend to harm you, and therefore, to ensure your safety, you must evacuate immediately.”