In Lebanon, videos on social media show mass evacuations from major cities as authorities open schools to shelter thousands of newly displaced residents.
The Israel Defense Forces reported striking 1,600 targets across Lebanon on Monday, including homes housing weapons deemed a direct threat. This marks the deadliest wave of airstrikes since the 2006 war with Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out conflict along the volatile border. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has reported 558 casualties, including 50 children and 94 women, from the Israeli strikes.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been displaced in northern Israel since last October due to relentless Hezbollah rocket fire, and the Israeli cabinet recently prioritized the safe return of these residents to their homes.
CGTN Europe's Evangelos Sipsas was among those stranded in traffic.
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The Israel Defense Forces reported striking 1,600 targets across Lebanon on Monday, including homes housing weapons deemed a direct threat. This marks the deadliest wave of airstrikes since the 2006 war with Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out conflict along the volatile border. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has reported 558 casualties, including 50 children and 94 women, from the Israeli strikes.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been displaced in northern Israel since last October due to relentless Hezbollah rocket fire, and the Israeli cabinet recently prioritized the safe return of these residents to their homes.
CGTN Europe's Evangelos Sipsas was among those stranded in traffic.
#lebanon #israel #conflict #middleeast
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00:00We are in Beirut but our travel back here into the Lebanese capital took several hours.
00:06It took us about 11 hours to travel a distance that usually takes an hour and a half.
00:11We left from the town of Tire and we left with our vehicle, with our crew to come to Beirut
00:17and we were stuck in traffic because of the massive exodus.
00:21Thousands and thousands of people all over southern Lebanon were leaving to find shelters
00:26in areas in Beirut and even northern Beirut because of the Israeli airstrikes
00:31that were taking place throughout Monday and in the early mornings of Tuesday.
00:36There was shelling along the road in the towns that were going by
00:40so there was a lot of panic, there was a lot that was happening
00:43but again when those shellings were happening more and more people were flocking to the highway
00:48so we're expecting more and more people to arrive here in the capital of Beirut
00:52trying to find shelter and stay safe.