IDF Orders Lebanon Border Town Evacuations as Iranian Missile Barrage Damages Central Israel

The IDF ordered evacuations of Lebanon border towns on March 23 as Hezbollah continued rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel while Iranian missile barrages caused damage at multiple locations in central Israel. The dual-front pressure — Hezbollah in the north and direct Iranian strikes from the east — is straining Israeli missile defense capacity and displacing civilian populations on two axes simultaneously.