IAF targets top Hezbollah figures in Beirut bunker (tankspicture)

[lovuian]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/740251.html

Israel has said that one of the objects of its offensive in Lebanon is to
eliminate Hezbollah leaders.

The IDF warned south Lebanon residents ahead of the strike to leave their homes and evacuate toward the north.

Hundreds of thousands of south Lebanon residents were expected to evacuate the area. The IDF broadcast its warning from an Arabic-language radio station in Israel.


from another Israeli newspaper
Israeli leaflets call on South Lebanese Wednesday night, July 19, to evacuate territory south of Litani River

They are saying
Hizballah strongholds and launching sites, and include several cross-border raids into Syria in pursuit of fleeing Hizballah terrorists and for the interception of incoming groups. Weapons convoys destined for Hizballah are also being struck on the Syrian side of the border. To conceal the extent of their losses, Hizballah has instructed its people not to hold burials.

so they are crossing over into Syria... to stop convoys ...

[blonndee]

1. Where are the citizens supposed to go? And how? n.t.

[lovuian]

2. Israel is at least warning them to get out

according to the article above
Hezbollah-linked financial establishments in Beirut and Nabatiya.
Navy gunships also shelled the Christian Beirut suburb of Asharfiya, which is not held to be a Hezbollah stronghold. The shelling destroyed two trucks carrying construction drills that were probably mistaken for rocket launchers.

and
In separate attacks, missiles also hit Chuweifat - a coastal town where several factories are located, just south of the capital, near the airport - and Hadath, a mainly Christian town just east of Beirut, local television said

and from Haaretz

Head of Operations at the General Staff, Major General Gadi Eisenkot, said Tuesday that Israel views Syrian efforts to replenish Hezbollah armaments as a "grave" development, but does not intend to attack it or the Lebanese army.

So they know that Syria is supplying Hezzbolah and from what I see from other sources Israel is sending raiding parties over into Syria as we speak...

all we are getting is official statements

[blonndee]

3. Yes, but how are they supposed to get out when the roads,

bridges, etc. are all targets or have already been destroyed? Where should these people go? It appears that any moving vehicle is now considered a potential target (in practice, perhaps not in policy). I feel so bad for these people.