This came shortly after IDF spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee posted on social media, asking residents of specific areas of Dahiyeh to evacuate.

Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

An Israeli strike hit Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli for the first time early on Saturday, a Lebanese security source said, after more bombardment hit Beirut's suburbs and Israeli troops sought to make new ground incursions into southern Lebanon.