No casualties reported, but mass displacement fears grow after evacuation orders across Tyre region
WEB DESK: An Israeli airstrike struck a petrol station in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky and intensifying fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the region.
The strike targeted an Al-Amana fuel station on the outskirts of the Rashidieh refugee camp, just south of the historic port city of Tyre. Video footage circulating online showed a massive fire engulfing the facility as black smoke rose high above the area, according to Al Jazeera.
Despite extensive structural damage to the station and nearby infrastructure, Lebanese emergency services said no immediate casualties were reported. Many residents had already fled after the Israeli military issued urgent evacuation warnings earlier in the day.
The warnings covered several densely populated areas, including Tyre and the refugee camps of Rashidieh, Burj Shemali and al-Buss, prompting a fresh wave of displacement.
International organizations have strongly criticized the evacuations. The International Commission of Jurists said the scale and speed of the warnings leave civilians with little chance of reaching safe locations, raising serious legal and humanitarian concerns.
The latest strike comes amid escalating cross-border violence since early March. Health officials in Beirut estimate more than 1,000 people have been killed, while the United Nations warns that nearly one-fifth of Lebanon’s population has been displaced, signaling a deepening crisis with no immediate resolution in sight.
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