"At least 31 people were killed and 149 wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Beirut's suburbs and southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Highways became gridlocked as people evacuated following Israel's deadliest assault on Lebanon in over a year. The strikes came shortly after Hezbollah fired missiles into Israel for the first time in more than 12 months."
"I don't know how long it will take us to reach Beirut, said Ali Hamdan, who had been travelling for seven hours on what should have been a 30-minute journey from his village to Sidon. I'm headed towards Beirut, but I don't know where yet. We don't have a place to stay."
"In Beirut, public schools transformed into emergency shelters. Families arrived with mattresses and belongings, while volunteers registered names as classrooms and courtyards filled with displaced people."
"Hezbollah stated Monday's attacks were retaliation for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and repeated Israeli aggressions, calling them a legitimate defensive response. During the 2024 Israel-Hezbollah war, over one million Lebanese were displaced. Many remain unable to return to their destroyed border villages."
Israel conducted a major military strike on Lebanon, resulting in at least 31 deaths and 149 wounded across Beirut's suburbs and southern Lebanon. The assault triggered a mass evacuation, with civilians fleeing southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs toward the capital. Highways became severely congested as people sought safety, with some journeys taking seven hours instead of 30 minutes. Public schools in Beirut were converted into emergency shelters to accommodate displaced families. The strikes followed Hezbollah's missile fire into Israel, marking escalation in their conflict. Hezbollah characterized the attacks as retaliation for Iran's Supreme Leader's killing and Israeli aggression. The 2024 Israel-Hezbollah war previously displaced over one million Lebanese, many unable to return to destroyed border villages.
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