IDF orders evacuation of 11 south Lebanon towns, villages
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee on Sunday ordered the residents of 11 Lebanese towns and villages to immediately evacuate their homes, saying the IDF was planning to act “forcefully” against alleged Hezbollah targets in the affected areas.
Adraee said residents of Al-Duwayr, Arab Salim, Al-Sharqiya, Jibshit, Braashit, Sarafand, Dounin, Briqa, Qaaqaiya Al-Jisr, Al-Qasiba and Kafra Sir should leave the settlements until further notice.
More than 1 million people have been internationally displaced in Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes, ground operations and evacuation orders, according to recent United Nations data.
(This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke rising from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, on May 3, 2026. -/AFP via Getty Images)
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IDF says it hit 120 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Saturday that it struck 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon during weekend attacks, among which it claimed were 70 military-use structures and around 50 other infrastructure targets.
In a statement posted to Telegram on Saturday, Hezbollah claimed five new attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
(Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district on May 2, 2026. -/AFP via Getty Images)
May 02, 2026, 7:23 PM EDT
Trump says he’s reviewing new Iranian peace plan, but ‘can’t imagine’ it’s acceptable
Trump told reporters Saturday that he had not yet reviewed the new Iranian peace offer but would be doing so later.
“They told me about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact wording now,” he added.
Shortly later, the president confirmed on his social media platform that he was reviewing the plan.
“I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years,” he wrote in the post.
-ABC News’ Isabella Murray
May 02, 2026, 7:08 PM EDT
Iranian press reveals new details of what it says is Tehran’s peace proposal
Iranian media reportedly revealed some details Saturday on the government’s new peace proposal sent through Pakistani mediators last Thursday.
Semi-official news agencies Fars and Tasnim reported Tehran submitted a 14-point counterproposal to the U.S.’s nine-point proposal. The agencies claimed the U.S. requested a two-month ceasefire but Iran says issues should be resolved within 30 days.
Some of the Iranian demands included a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran’s surroundings, the lifting the naval blockade and a new mechanism for the Strait, lifting sanctions and ending the war on all fronts including Lebanon, according to the news agencies.
The U.S. has not commented on the specific details of their negotiations with Iran.
-ABC News’ Claire Bower