This came shortly after the invitation Israeli army For the first time, “civilians in Lebanese villages located in or near buildings and areas used by Hezbollah for military purposes, such as those used to store weapons, are urged to move immediately away from the danger zone for their own safety.”
The agency reported, “Citizens in Beirut and a number of areas are receiving warning text messages via the landline network, coming from the Israeli enemy, asking them to evacuate their locations quickly, as part of the psychological warfare that the enemy is using.”
The office of Information Minister Ziad Al-Makary confirmed that it received a call during which “a recorded message was read out, which said: We ask you to evacuate the building so that you are not exposed to bombing.”
The office is located in the Ministry of Information building in the Hamra area.
In a later statement, Al-Makari said, “This approach is not strange to the Israeli enemy, which uses all means in its psychological warfare.”
The communications system in force prohibits Lebanon Receiving any communications from Israel, as the two countries are officially in a state of war and hostility.
Imad Kreidieh, Director General of Ogero, the official fixed-line telephone operator in Lebanon, explained that “Israel circumvents communication systems by using the code of a friendly country, which explains why the Lebanese receive calls via the fixed-line network.”
On Monday, citizens reported receiving text messages on their cell phones, including an evacuation request, from unknown numbers.
Khaled, who declined to give his full name, said that he is a resident of the city: Beirut“I received a text message saying: If you are in a building where Hezbollah weapons are located, stay away from the village until further notice,” he told AFP.
Several areas are exposed to South Lebanon And its east was subjected to heavy Israeli raids since the morning hours on Monday.
The intensity of the confrontations escalated betweenHezbollah and Israel Last week, with a series of bombings that targeted thousands of communication devices used by its members in an operation attributed to the Hebrew state, and the latter’s announcement of launching an air strike targeting the leaders of the Radwan Force, the elite unit of the party supported by Tehran.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border fire since October, in an escalation that began the day after the outbreak of war between the Hebrew state and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.
