The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued its attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after warning residents to evacuate as the terrorist group built facilities in the basements of three residential buildings in Beirut.
IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari issued the warning just before midnight local time on Friday, hours after the IDF dropped a bunker bomb on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut, targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. did.
Hagari said that while Nasrallah's fate remains unclear, Israel will continue to attack Hezbollah targets. His full statement is below:
As part of a major air operation to degrade Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure and capabilities, we are preparing to carry out attacks on strategic assets hidden by Hezbollah in the basements of three buildings in the center of Dahiyeh, Beirut. are.
Hezbollah has been developing anti-ship missile weapons supplied by Iran for years.
Hezbollah threatens and has carried out attacks on global shipping routes in the past.
Hezbollah also carried out attacks on Israeli civilian and military transport vessels.
During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Hezbollah fired an anti-ship missile that hit the INS Hannit, killing four soldiers. Another missile hit and sank the Egyptian merchant ship MV Moonlight.
Hassan Nasrallah himself threatened important strategic facilities of the State of Israel both at sea and on land.
In recent days, we have exposed how Hezbollah hides weapons in homes and villages in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
We will now reveal how strategic weapons are stored beneath civilian buildings in the heart of Beirut's Dahieh.
Hezbollah constructed three buildings in the center of Beirut's Dahieh with designated underground space for storing strategic weapons, with the upper building acting as a shield.
Here you can see one of the buildings in the center of Dahieh.
When you enter the parking lot and exit, you will find a storage facility for strategic weapons.
Hezbollah stores these strategic weapons in civilian underground locations.
The way the missiles are stored within these buildings allows them to be moved and launched outside the building within minutes.
This poses a real and immediate threat to world shipping lanes and Israel's critical strategic infrastructure.
In the past hour, we have contacted residents of three buildings in Dahieh. These residents are on and near Hezbollah's strategic assets and must be evacuated immediately for their safety and security.
Residents of the following buildings in Hadas district (complex “Al Salam”, “Lailaki” district, “Monir Shadid” building and “Sheyt” building in “El Haddad” district) should move as far as possible from the building There is a need. Before the strike as much as possible.
Immediately attack the weapons stored under the building. Explosions from missiles can damage structures and cause them to collapse.
Hezbollah uses Lebanese civilians as human shields for its weapons, exploiting them and endangering them.
We will not tolerate such threats directed against Israeli civilians, the world's shipping lanes, or our vital facilities, as no other sovereign nation would ever tolerate.
Hagari's announcement was followed by reports of Israeli attacks in the Dahieh district south of Beirut and the southern coastal city of Tire.
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