The IDF struck Tyre on Monday evening after multiple public warnings in response to an escalation in Hezbollah drone strikes.
Tyre is in the southern half of Lebanon, but it is beyond the smaller security zone that the IDF took over in March. The lack of an IDF presence in that area allows Hezbollah to launch attacks from there.
The IDF had begun attacking Tyre in recent days with long-range airstrikes and appeared ready to up the ante this week.
In its warnings, the IDF said residents in parts of Tyre and nearby areas were being used as human shields by Hezbollah, but that it would still strike Hezbollah officials.
Due to “Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire… we call on residents whose buildings will be marked in red on the known maps… to immediately evacuate their homes for their own safety, as the IDF does not intend to harm them,” IDF Arabic-language Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee said.
There were several Hezbollah drone attacks against Israel on Monday. An explosive drone hit a home in Metula. No casualties were reported.
IDF is mostly refraining from striking Hezbollah in Beirut
There were fewer drone attacks on Monday than on Sunday, when Hezbollah launched about 30 drones in the morning.
Although the IDF has been shooting down regular Hezbollah drones and rockets, the terrorist group’s first-person view (FPV) drones, which operate on fiber optics, are much harder to track.
Despite the IDF’s increased attacks on Tyre, it is still mostly refraining from striking Hezbollah in Beirut.
