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Israel warns of Tyre evacuation after airstrike kills civilians
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In Short: An Israeli airstrike in Tyre, Lebanon, killed at least eight civilians and injured 32, prompting an urgent evacuation warning for the Christian district of the city.
Israel has issued an urgent evacuation order for residents in Tyre, Lebanon, following an airstrike that killed at least eight civilians and injured 32 others, marking the first time such an order has been given for an entire area in Tyre, a Christian neighborhood.
The Israeli military's warning comes as several church heads in Tyre have appealed for international action to prevent further attacks on the city, emphasizing the Old City as the heart of Tyre, and any attack on it would be a national catastrophe.
The airstrike, which occurred before the Israeli military's warning, has drawn condemnation from various quarters, including Lebanon's health ministry and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, who have called for an immediate halt to all attacks and the full respect of ceasefires in the region.
The incident has raised concerns about the ongoing conflict and the violation of the ceasefire, with multiple countries coordinating to hold extremist settlers accountable for violence against Palestinian civilians.
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest.
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- “The Old City is the heart of Tyre, and any attack on it would be a national catastrophe,” the statement said.
- The Israeli military earlier issued an urgent evacuation order for residents in Lebanon’s fifth biggest city to flee ahead of attacks it claimed were aimed at Hezbollah.
- For the first time in this current conflict, the evacuation order was issued for an entire area in Tyre which is a Christian neighbourhood.
- At least eight people were reportedly killed following an Israeli airstrike on the city earlier with dozens of people reported to have sustained injuries.
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- “All attacks must stop immediately. The ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran + Gaza must be fully respected,” he said in a post on X.
- Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli airstrike on the southern city of Tyre before an Israeli military warning on Tuesday killed at least eight people and wounded 32 others, noting the toll was provisional.