OfficialCivilian alertsSarafand, Saida District, Lebanon
Israel orders three villages near Sidon to evacuate north of the Zahrani River
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 2:43 PM in Beirut
- Where
- Sarafand, Saida District, Lebanon
Israel's Arabic-language military spokesperson ordered residents of Sarafand, Tefahta and Mazraat Sinay in the Saida district to leave ahead of strikes and move north of the Zahrani River.
Why it matters
It extended Israel's evacuation zone north toward Sidon as Iran insisted any deal must end the war in Lebanon.
Sources (4)
- L'Orient Today livetoday.lorientlejour.comPublished
- L'Orient Todaytoday.lorientlejour.comPublished
- Dawndawn.comPublished
- Al Jazeera live blogaljazeera.comPublished
Confidence: Stated by a named government, military, or institution. Not independently confirmed. About confidence labels
Correction
- Corrected the headline (it read "Israel pushes evacuation line toward Zahrani"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Sarafand, Tefahta and Mazraat Sinay, Lebanon to Sarafand, Saida District, Lebanon; changed the confidence label from reported to official; reclassified it from alert to civil-defense-alert; updated the sourcing note; added a source: Al Jazeera live blog. Why and evidence