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IDF: Get out of Baalbek NOW!

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The IDF has warned residents of Baalbek and nearby areas in northeastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of airstrikes on Hezbollah sites. Col. Avichay Adraee shared a map on X, urging civilians to leave via marked routes, emphasizing the intent to avoid civilian harm. pic.twitter.com/GQ70a5feKC
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Update from the Times of Israel at 10:15 a.m.ET

Panicking residents flee Lebanon’s Baalbek after Israeli evacuation warning

Residents of Baalbek are rushing out of their homes after the IDF ordered Lebanon’s main eastern city and its outskirts evacuated for the first time in more than a month of war.

The Israeli army urged residents of Baalbek and surrounding villages to leave immediately, warning it is preparing attacks on Hezbollah targets.

The main roads out of the city are jammed with vehicles as civilians flee in panic.

Civil defense vehicles drive around the city urging everyone to leave immediately over loudspeaker.

“The city is almost empty,” the correspondent says about an hour after the evacuation warning.

Posted by: 3dc 2024-10-30

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