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Israel issues forced displacement orders for five towns, villages in south Lebanon <article data-history-node-id="440306" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-issues-forced-displacement-orders-five-towns-villages-south" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-issues-forced-displacement-orders-five-towns-villages-south" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel issues forced displacement orders for five towns, villages in south Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel’s military has issued a forced evacuation order for the residents of five towns and villages amid its ongoing war on Lebanon.</p> <p>In a post on social media, the military listed the targeted areas in the south of the country as Shabriha, Hamideh, Zuqaq al-Mufdi, Mashouk, and El Haouch.</p> <p>Residents have been warned to “evacuate” immediately to open areas at least 1,000 metres from their homes.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Jarjouaa on May 13, 2026. " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dd0f0cfe-a13d-4e19-86a6-5ef716b742d3" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Smoke%20rises%20from%20the%20site%20of%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20that%20targeted%20the%20southern%20Lebanese%20village%20of%20Jarjouaa%20on%20May%2013%2C%202026.%20afp.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Jarjouaa on May 13, 2026. " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Jarjouaa on 13 May 2026. (Kawnat Haju / AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-issues-forced-displacement-orders-five-towns-villages-south