Israel Evacuates Metropolis Close to Lebanon Border as It Hits Scores of Targets in Gaza

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel—Israeli authorities ordered the evacuation of this metropolis near the Lebanese border, reflecting Israel’s rising concern {that a} second entrance might confide in the north because it continues its bombing marketing campaign in Gaza, together with a strike on a church compound in a single day.

Israel on Friday additionally launched extra particulars about the hostages captured through the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas—saying most of them are alive—because it laid out plans that embrace a floor invasion to remove the group, designated as a terrorist group by the U.S., as a political and army pressure in the Gaza Strip.