Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah financial arm, tells Lebanese to evacuate

Israel said late on Sunday it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group within hours and told residents to leave those areas immediately, as it intensified assaults there and in Gaza.

The warning came hours after Israel said it hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut, while officials in Gaza said rescuers were still recovering people from the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday that killed dozens.

“Residents of Lebanon, the IDF (Israeli military) will begin attacking infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association – get away from it immediately,” the military’s spokesman said in a statement on X.

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (Unifil) said in a statement that an Israeli army bulldozer had demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

In northern Gaza, officials said rescuers were still recovering people from the rubble after an Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya that left 87 people dead or missing on Saturday, according to the health ministry – one of the highest death tolls for months from a single attack.