Israeli strikes hit Lebanon after evacuation warnings

The Israeli navy stated it struck Hezbollah weapons storage services in a number of south Lebanon cities on Wednesday (November 19, 2025), and accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities near the border.

The Israeli navy has saved up frequent air strikes in Lebanon regardless of a ceasefire sealed final November that sought to finish greater than a 12 months of hostilities with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The newest raids got here a day after 13 people were killed in a strike that Israel stated had focused Hamas members in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon — the deadliest assault because the truce got here into impact.

Israel’s navy stated Wednesday (November 19, 2025) that it had struck “a number of weapons storage services belonging to Hezbollah’s rocket unit in southern Lebanon”, calling such websites “a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon”.

It had beforehand warned residents to evacuate the realm round websites within the southern Lebanese cities of Deir Kifa, Shehur, Ainata and Tayr Felsay.

Lebanon’s official Nationwide Information Company (NNA) later stated raids hit all 4 areas.

In Deir Kifa, Lebanese troopers deployed close to the focused constructing, which collapsed after the strike, an AFP correspondent noticed.

An AFP journalist in Tayr Felsay noticed fireballs and smoke erupt after the raid there.

In its evacuation warnings on X, the Israeli navy had stated it might strike Hezbollah “navy infrastructure… in response to Hezbollah’s prohibited makes an attempt to rebuild its actions within the space”.

‘Dozens’ of web sites

In a subsequent assertion, the navy singled out the city of Beit Lif, just some kilometres from the Israeli border.

It accused Hezbollah of rebuilding “dozens of terrorist infrastructure websites within the space of the village, together with headquarters and weapons storage services”, some inside civilian properties.

Lebanon says Israel is violating the truce with its strikes, and by sustaining troops in 5 areas of the nation’s south.

Underneath heavy U.S. strain and fears of expanded Israeli assaults, Lebanon has dedicated to disarming Hezbollah, however the militant group has rejected the thought of handing over its weapons.

Earlier on Wednesday (November 19, 2025), Lebanon’s Well being Ministry stated one person was killed and 11 others wounded in an Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon’s Tiri that Israel stated killed a Hezbollah operative.

The NNA reported that the person killed labored for the native municipality, and stated the strike happened as a college bus carrying college students handed by, wounding some on board.

On Tuesday (November 18, 2025), Israel stated it struck a Hamas coaching compound in south Lebanon’s Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp.

The Palestinian militant group denied it had navy installations in Lebanon’s refugee camps and referred to as Israel’s claims “lies”.