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Israel issues evacuation warnings for Tyre

Brutal Invasion

Published: 05:04 PM,Apr 04,2026 | EDITED : 09:04 PM,Apr 04,2026

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. Israel renewed its bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs on March 30 while continuing air strikes on Lebanon's south, one of which targeted an army checkpoint and killed a soldier. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East conflict when Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in revenge for the killing of Iran's supreme leader, the opening salvo in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)
 
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. Israel renewed its bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs on March 30 while continuing air strikes on Lebanon's south, one of which targeted an army checkpoint and killed a soldier. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East conflict when Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in revenge for the killing of Iran's supreme leader, the opening salvo in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)

BEIRUT: Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for several neighbourhoods in and around Tyre in south Lebanon on Saturday, after the health ministry reported a hospital damaged in strikes on nearby buildings. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in the south after Hezbollah entered the war in the Middle East on the side of its backer Iran on March 2. Tens of thousands of people have left Tyre, but around 20,000 remain, including 15,000 displaced from surrounding villages, despite Israeli evacuation warnings covering most of the city and a broad swathe of the south.
Saturday's warning on follows strikes that wounded at least 11 people, including three civil defence members, and damaged a major hospital, the health ministry in Beirut said. The director of the Lebanese Italian Hospital told the state-run National News Agency (NNA) that it would 'remain open to provide the necessary medical care' despite the damage.
Overnight strikes destroyed two buildings nearby, shattering windows and also causing suspended ceilings to collapse in the hospital, management said. A wave of attacks hit the Tyre area on Saturday, including one on its port that struck a small boat and damaged others moored nearby.