Lebanese citizens fleeing southern villages amid Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah sit in their cars on a highway that links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Photos and videos on social media show south and east Lebanon residents are still fleeing amid the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Images show gridlocked traffic in a number of areas.
Yesterday the IDF told civilians to distance themselves from buildings used by the Iran-backed terror group to store weapons, as widespread Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah killed at least 492 people and injured over 1,645 more, according to Lebanese authorities.
The IDF said the air force was targeting homes where “rockets, drones and missiles” were stored by Hezbollah, and repeatedly urged civilians to flee from homes where such weapons were kept. It said many of the dead were Hezbollah members.
Meanwhile, the terror group continued to fire rockets at northern Israel overnight and this morning.
Lebanese citizens fleeing the southern villages amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah sit in their cars at a highway that links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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