IDF orders more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued urgent evacuation orders for more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon.

In a post on X, external, the Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee says residents of the villages listed must leave "immediately and move to the north of the Awali River".

He also warns that residents are "prohibited from going south" and that doing so "could be dangerous to your life".

_{Source: BBC}