Israel issues forced evacuation orders for seven Lebanese towns

Israel issues forced evacuation orders for seven Lebanese towns Israel issued new evacuation orders for southern Lebanon on Sunday after one of its soldiers was killed, warning residents to leave seven towns beyond the so-called "buffer zone" it occupied before a ceasefire. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said in a statement on X that the residents should head north and west away from the towns. The towns are north of the Litani River and the zone in southern Lebanon occupied by Israeli troops, who have continued military operations despite the ceasefire.