Israel gives 24-hour ultimatum to ‘Iranian regime representatives’ in Lebanon

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT — The Israeli army on Tuesday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to what it described as “representatives of the Iranian regime” in Lebanon, warning them to leave the country or face military action.Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X that the Israeli military “warns representatives of the Iranian terrorist regime who are still in Lebanon to leave immediately before being targeted.”He said the army “will not tolerate the presence of representatives of the Iranian terrorist regime in Lebanon,” giving them 24 hours to depart.“After that, there will be no safe place for representatives of the Iranian regime in Lebanon, and the IDF will target them wherever they are,” he added.Earlier, Adraee claimed the army had killed Dawood Ali Zadeh in Tehran, describing him as a senior Iranian commander in the Quds Force responsible for activities in Lebanon. He alleged that Zadeh had instructed Hezbollah to attack Israel in defense of Iran.On Monday, Hezbollah said it had targeted a military site in northern Israel in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon and the reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Tehran since Saturday.In response, Israeli forces launched airstrikes across Lebanon, killing at least 40 people and injuring nearly 250, according to Lebanese authorities.