<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israeli strikes have hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, state-run media have said, as Israel\u2019s deadline for Iranian officials to leave Lebanon expired, as it bombards the south and entrenches troops on the ground across the border, a volatile front in the wider regional war.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese National News Agency on Thursday reported several strikes in the early morning hours on the southern Beirut neighbourhoods of Ghobeiry and Haret Hreik. There were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military had earlier issued forced displacement orders for the suburbs where the strikes were reported, warning it was about to hit what it said were targets linked to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>It said targets included a facility used by the group\u2019s aerial units, without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Israel on Wednesday gave Iran\u2019s representatives in Lebanon 24 hours to leave the country. That deadline has since expired.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Heidi Pett, reporting from Beirut, said \u201cthe Iranians seem to believe that this is a threat against their embassy and are threatening any Israeli embassy if their mission is struck\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch called the threats deeply concerning, saying this signals an intent to commit a war crime, as people who are not directly involved in hostilities cannot be targeted under international law.<\/p>\n<p>Pett said gunfire could be heard throughout the night in the Lebanese capital as residents shot in the air to warn of imminent Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Forced evacuation warnings \u201ccome in the middle of the night, and the city\u2019s residents are not usually glued to X in the middle of the night,\u201d the reporter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo locally, when people become aware of these warnings, they start firing in the air throughout the southern suburbs of Beirut to warn people that the Israeli military has issued an imminent threat to their homes and lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"southern-lebanon-bombarded-israeli-ground-troops-entrench\">Southern Lebanon bombarded, Israeli ground troops entrench<\/h2>\n<p>In Lebanon\u2019s south, Israeli strikes were reported in the al-Shahabiya district of Tyre. Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic also reported Israeli air attacks on the city of Nabatieh. There were no immediate reports on casualties from those strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah on Wednesday said its fighters were engaged in armed confrontations with advancing Israeli troops in the town of Dahira in the far south of Lebanon. The group has also been carrying out aerial attacks in northern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Israeli ground troops continued to push deeper into Lebanon in a ground offensive north of the Israeli-Lebanese border, with the declared intent of creating a buffer zone and pushing back Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>The army on Thursday issued another evacuation threat for residents of southern Lebanon, warning them to \u201ccontinue evacuating to the north of the Litani River\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone present near Hezbollah elements, facilities, or combat means endangers their life,\u201d it said. \u201cAny home used by Hezbollah for military purposes may be subject to targeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Rory Challands, reporting from Amman, said \u201cthe fear among the Lebanese is that whatever the Israeli military is doing in southern Lebanon is not temporary and that it could be a more long-term holding of territory, or something more akin to an invasion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A strike was also reported in northern Lebanon in the Beddawi refugee camp, close to the city of Tripoli, far from where the majority of Israeli attacks on Lebanon have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Ministry of Public Health said the attack killed at least two people.<\/p>\n<p>Local sources in the Palestinian refugee camp told Al Jazeera a Hamas official was killed in the attack, which appeared to be a targeted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>About 75 people have already been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since Monday, with more than 400 wounded and tens of thousands displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces on Wednesday bombed the Comfort Hotel on the border of Hazmieh and Baabda, which are part of greater Beirut. An Israeli strike in Baalbek, close to the Syrian border, killed at least five people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Israeli strikes have hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, state-run media have said, as Israel\u2019s deadline for Iranian officials to leave Lebanon expired, as it bombards the south and entrenches troops on the ground across the border, a volatile front in the wider regional war. 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