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Israel Orders Residents to Evacuate 3 Buildings as Strikes Hit Beirut Southern Suburbs

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
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Israel Orders Residents to Evacuate 3 Buildings as Strikes Hit Beirut Southern Suburbs

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)

The Israeli military has issued new instructions ordering residents of three buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate immediately.

Israel has carried out a number of airstrikes in the Dahiyeh area in recent days, accusing Hezbollah of hiding weapons in local buildings.

“You are present near assets and warehouses belonging to Hezbollah terrorists, and so the IDF will act against them with force,” the army said in a message posted on the social platform X.

It called on residents to move at least 500 meters from the buildings “for your safety and the safety of your family.”

Airstrikes could be heard throughout Beirut and smoke rose from areas in the city's southern suburbs a little more than an hour after the Israeli military issued the evacuation order.

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Suspected Houthi Attack Targets Ship in Red Sea

A handout screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis security media center shows firefighters attempt to extinguish the fire at a power plant following Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah city, Yemen, 29 September 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS SECURITY MEDIA CENTER / HANDOUT HANDOUT
A handout screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis security media center shows firefighters attempt to extinguish the fire at a power plant following Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah city, Yemen, 29 September 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS SECURITY MEDIA CENTER / HANDOUT HANDOUT
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Suspected Houthi Attack Targets Ship in Red Sea

A handout screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis security media center shows firefighters attempt to extinguish the fire at a power plant following Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah city, Yemen, 29 September 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS SECURITY MEDIA CENTER / HANDOUT HANDOUT
A handout screen grab taken from a video released by the Houthis security media center shows firefighters attempt to extinguish the fire at a power plant following Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah city, Yemen, 29 September 2024. EPA/HOUTHIS SECURITY MEDIA CENTER / HANDOUT HANDOUT

A suspected attack Tuesday by Yemen's Houthi militias targeted a ship in the Red Sea, likely marking their first assault on commercial shipping in weeks.

The attack took place some 110 kilometers off the port city of Hodeidah in the Red Sea.

A captain on a ship saw four “splashes” near his vessel, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said in a warning. That likely would have been missiles or drones launched at the vessel.

“All crew are safe and the vessel is proceeding to (its) next port of call,” the UKMTO said.

Houthis have targeted more than 80 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October. They have seized one vessel and sank two in the campaign that has also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a US-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have included Western military vessels.

The last attack on a merchant ship by the Houthis came on Sept. 2.

The Houthis also continue to launch missiles targeting Israel, drawing retaliatory airstrikes from the Israelis this weekend on Hodeidah.