Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon
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Fresh Israeli strikes on Friday battered Lebanon, where Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned "a humanitarian disaster is looming" due to mass displacement.After the Israeli evacuation warning on
Thousands fled the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital before Israel unleashed heavy strikes on the militant group overnight. Many say they have nowhere to go.
Renewed fighting and sweeping evacuation orders in Lebanon have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, with many leaving on foot with few belongings and nowhere to go.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned of "humanitarian disaster" after Israel ordered evacuations in south Lebanon and Beirut suburbs.
Once bustling with life, Beirut's southern suburbs now stand deserted as Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah positions push thousands to flee amid the widening Iran war.
The country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to disarm the Iranian-backed armed group and how the militants will respond.
The attacks come amid more than 500 strikes on targets in Lebanon since the start of the operation, the IDF added. The Israel Air Force carried out another wave of strikes on Friday in Beirut’s
Three peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were injured during “heavy firing,” the United Nations said Friday. The peacekeepers were injured inside their base in Al Qawzah, with the most severely wounded transferred to a hospital in Beirut,