Israel intensifies war on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack

Israel’s response to Hezbollah attack kills at least 52 people and leads to mass displacement in Lebanon.

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Beirut, Lebanon – About 2:30am (04:30 GMT), Nader Hani Akil was awoken by Israeli attacks on Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. He got his family ready, jumped in the car and left behind their home in Dahiyeh’s Burj al-Barajneh neighbourhood.

“I was sleeping when bombing and rocket attacks started,” he told Al Jazeera on Monday while standing in front of the Jaber Ahmad al-Sabah school in Beirut. Locals told Al Jazeera that the scene on the way out of the southern suburbs was chaotic with bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing on foot and children crying.