Israel Military Issues New Evacuation Warning to 10 Lebanon Villages Says One Soldier Killed

Israel's military on Monday warned residents of 10 villages, most of them in southern Lebanon, to evacuate their homes ahead of expected strikes against alleged Hezbollah targets. 

"In light of Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces are compelled to operate against it with force," the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, said in a social media post, listing the names of the villages. 

"For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move at least 1,000 meters away from these towns and villages to open areas." 

Earlier, Israel said a soldier was killed in southern Lebanon, taking to 23 the number of its troops killed in the war with Hezbollah. 

A military statement named him as 19-year-old Sergeant Nehoray Leizer of the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, who "fell in combat in southern Lebanon". 

During the incident in which Leizer was killed, "an additional soldier was severely injured", the Israeli military said separately on Telegram. 

A total of 24 Israelis have been killed in the conflict, 23 soldiers and one civilian contractor, since hostilities began on March 2. 

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