Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah
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Lebanon was pulled into the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US 11 days ago, when Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader and repeated Israeli strikes since a ceasefire ended their last war in 2024.
The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.
Nearly 800,000 people in Lebanon have fled their homes as violence surges across the country amidst the Middle East conflict.
The Lebanese parliament has extended its term by two years due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has pushed the region into an escalating conflict, and Israel stepped up its attacks on Lebanon.
Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes in Lebanon over the past week, a U.N. agency said on Monday, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered a second week.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group
Young kids with “blast injuries, shrapnel, rubble, really devastating injuries” are among the wounded, as Israel steps up strikes.
Israel targets centre of Lebanese capital in escalation of military campaign that has killed nearly 700 people.