Call for citizens to delay returning to southern villages and towns amid ongoing Israeli attacks

Wednesday, 08 April 2026

The Lebanese Army Command – Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:
In light of regional developments and circulating reports about a ceasefire, the Army Command calls on citizens to refrain from returning to southern villages and towns and to avoid approaching areas where Israeli occupation forces have advanced, in order to preserve their safety, especially as doing so may expose them to the danger of ongoing Israeli attacks.
The Command also urges residents to comply with the instructions of deployed military units and to exercise caution regarding unexploded ordnance and suspicious objects left behind from Israeli aggression, and to report them to the nearest army post or other security forces.