{"id":221969,"date":"2026-01-05T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/221969\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:26:09","slug":"israel-says-to-strike-targets-in-lebanon-issues-evacuation-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/221969\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel says to strike targets in Lebanon, issues evacuation calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA firefighter and a civilian extinguish fire from a car following an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on 3 January, 2026.
\nPhoto: RABIH DAHER \/ AFP\n<\/p>\n

The Israeli military ordered residents of four villages in Lebanon to evacuate immediately on Monday (local time), warning it would soon strike Hezbollah and Hamas targets in those areas.<\/p>\n

It was the first such warning issued by the Israeli military this year, as Israel continues to strike targets in Lebanon despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In two separate posts on X, the military’s Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, said the villages were Kfar Hatta and Annan in south Lebanon, and Al-Manara and Ain al-Tinah in eastern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Adraee said the military would hit Hezbollah sites in Kfar Hatta and Ain al-Tinah, and Hamas sites in Annan and Al-Manara.<\/p>\n

Despite a year-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel carries out regular strikes on Lebanon<\/a>, usually saying it is bombing Hezbollah sites and operatives, and occasionally Hamas targets.<\/p>\n

It has also maintained troops in five areas it deems strategic.<\/p>\n

Two people were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a vehicle on Sunday, around 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border, the Lebanese health ministry said.<\/p>\n

Under heavy US pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, Beirut has committed to disarming Hezbollah, which was badly weakened after more than a year of hostilities with Israel including two months of open war that ended with the November 2024 ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Lebanon’s army was expected to complete the disarmament south of the Litani River — about 30 kilometres from the border with Israel — by the end of 2025, before tackling the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

Lebanon’s cabinet is to meet on Thursday (local time) to discuss the army’s progress, while the ceasefire monitoring committee — comprising Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France and UN peacekeepers — is also set to meet this week.<\/p>\n

On Sunday (local time), Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar acknowledged on X that the Lebanese government and army had made efforts to disarm Hezbollah but said “they are far from sufficient”, citing “Hezbollah’s efforts to rearm and rebuild, with Iranian support”.<\/p>\n

Israel has previously questioned the Lebanese military’s effectiveness and has accused Hezbollah of rearming, while the group itself has rejected calls to surrender its weapons.<\/p>\n

At least 350 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon since the ceasefire, according to an AFP tally of Lebanese health ministry reports.<\/p>\n

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