Syrian refugees load their belongings on a truck as they prepare to leave the southern Lebanese village of Wazzani
Israeli military probing unauthorised leaflets ordering Lebanon evacuation
The Israeli military says dropping the leaflets on a border area in southern Lebanon was an unauthorised action by a unit that has not sought appropriate approval, and that there is no evacuation underway.
Monday 16/09/2024
Syrian refugees load their belongings on a truck as they prepare to leave the southern Lebanese village of Wazzani
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said on Sunday it was investigating after a unit dropped unauthorised leaflets on a border area in southern Lebanon ordering residents to leave.
Lebanon's state-run national news agency reported that Israel had dropped leaflets ordering residents out of the Wazzani area.
The Israeli military said dropping the leaflets was an unauthorised action by a unit that had not sought appropriate approval, and that there was no evacuation underway.
Tens of thousands of civilians have already fled villages and towns on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon frontier during months of cross border strikes, since Lebanon's armed Hezbollah movement stepped up attacks alongside the war in Gaza.