01:57Locals from villages across southern Lebanon fled to Beirut on Monday as Israeli airstrikes intensified, in the largest mass displacement since the 2006 war.
Footage filmed in the city of Tyre shows queues of cars on the highway to the capital.
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 492 people killed and 1,645 injured at time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
Highways jammed in Tyre as southern Lebanon residents flee Israeli airstrikes
Locals from villages across southern Lebanon fled to Beirut on Monday as Israeli airstrikes intensified, in the largest mass displacement since the 2006 war.
Footage filmed in the city of Tyre shows queues of cars on the highway to the capital.
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 492 people killed and 1,645 injured at time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
Locals from villages across southern Lebanon fled to Beirut on Monday as Israeli airstrikes intensified, in the largest mass displacement since the 2006 war.
Footage filmed in the city of Tyre shows queues of cars on the highway to the capital.
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 492 people killed and 1,645 injured at time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.