Iran warns residents of northern Israel to evacuate if Israel hits Beirut

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned residents of northern Israel to evacuate their homes if Israel goes through with the attack it has threatened in southern Beirut.

Iran's semi-official Fars News, which is close to the IRGC, posted on X that the powerful paramilitary force was warning residents of Israel's "northern regions and military settlements in the occupied territories that if they do not wish to be harmed, they should leave the area."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he had ordered Israeli army troops to strike Hezbollah's "terror headquarters" in southern Beirut. On Sunday Israeli troops took Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon, far north of the border between the two countries.

Iran said on Monday that the Israeli invasion of Lebanon constituted a violation of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and that it was halting peace talks with the U.S.