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Live: Israeli army orders evacuation of southern Lebanon town ahead of strikes

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Israel ordered residents of part of Deir Ez-Zahrani in southern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of planned strikes on a Hezbollah facility.
  • The Israeli army said the action followed Hezbollah’s launch of an explosive drone toward Israeli forces, while Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television reported an Israeli air raid on the town.
  • The article also reports that the European Central Bank was expected to raise its deposit rate by a quarter point to 2.5% because Middle East tensions were pushing up prices.

Residents of part of Deir Ez-Zahrani in southern Lebanon were ordered to evacuate after Israel said it would target a facility belonging to Hezbollah.

The Israeli army said the order followed the launch of an explosive drone by Hezbollah toward Israeli forces. In an Arabic message on Telegram, the army warned that it would “target” a Hezbollah site in the town. Hezbollah’s television channel, Al-Manar, later reported an Israeli air raid on Deir Ez-Zahrani.

The live report also linked the regional tensions to monetary policy in the euro zone. The European Central Bank was expected to raise its main deposit rate by a quarter point to 2.5% on Thursday, according to analysts, as the conflict drove prices higher.

It would be the ECB’s second rate increase of the year, following a June hike prompted by an earlier resurgence in inflation. The bank paused in July in the hope that tensions between the United States and Iran would ease.

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· Israeli armyThe army used the word in an Arabic Telegram warning about a Hezbollah facility in Deir Ez-Zahrani.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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