Israel's action comes after issuing evacuation warnings to residents in the area. The move comes a day after Israel declared the entire southern Zahrani River area a "war zone", and asked people to leave before attacks targeting Iranian-backed Hezbollah forces.
The area declared a war zone is about 40 km from the border and includes the city of Tyre. This is the first time since the ceasefire on April 17 that Israel has issued such a widespread warning, in the context that many Lebanese people are preparing for the Eid al-Adha holiday of Muslims.
In the early morning of May 28, the Israeli army continued to issue new evacuation orders for some areas in Tyre. In a statement posted on Telegram, the Israeli army declared that they were "forced to take strong action" against Hezbollah, and confirmed that they had begun airstrikes on the infrastructure of this force.
Lebanese national news agency NNA said that the city of Tyre and the eastern region suffered 2 airstrikes in the morning of the same day. A building was hit and caught fire after the attack.
Israel this week announced it would increase military operations in Lebanon and expand its ground operations. Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Zamir, Chief of the Israeli Armed Forces, affirmed that the country is "strengthening operations to inflict even more serious blows on Hezbollah".
Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced that their gunmen had engaged in direct combat with Israeli forces in the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, located outside the "golden border" established by Israel in southern Lebanon. An Israeli military official previously confirmed that Israeli soldiers had operated beyond the deep-limited area of about 10 km inside Lebanese territory.
Hezbollah also announced that it had conducted 3 drone attacks targeting Israeli positions near the border area. The Israeli military confirmed that many explosives were dropped on its territory but no casualties were recorded.
Previously, the Israeli army also requested evacuation in the city of Nabatieh and many areas around Tyre. An AFP reporter said that many residents from threatened areas had flocked to other parts of the city that were not in the warning area. However, local authorities announced that shelters were overloaded and called on people to move to Beirut.
