Beirut: The Israeli army issued an evacuation warning early Wednesday to residents of an apartment building in the Bashoura neighborhood of the Lebanese capital that it threatened to strike. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated on the US social media company X's platform that residents should evacuate a building marked in red on a shared map and nearby structures. He indicated that the individuals inside the marked building and surrounding areas were near a site linked to the Hezbollah group, which the Israeli army intended to target, urging civilians to leave immediately.

According to Anadolu Agency, the warning follows Israeli airstrikes early Wednesday on residential areas in central Beirut, which resulted in six deaths and 24 injuries, as reported by Lebanon's Health Ministry. The strikes targeted apartments in the Zoqaq al-Blat and Basta al-Fawqa neighborhoods, with additional attacks reported in the city's southern suburbs. Israel also issued evacuation orders Tuesday for residents of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and nearby Palestinian refugee camps, warning of impending strikes on sites it claimed were used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah began striking Israeli military sites on March 2 in response to continued Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon that took effect in November 2024. This escalation was also attributed to the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on February 28. Israel intensified its attacks the same day with airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and southern and eastern Lebanon, followed by a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon on March 3, after starting a joint military campaign with the US against Iran on February 28.