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Israel Continues Bombing Beirut and Expands Forced Evacuation Orders in Southern Lebanon

HeadlineMar 05, 2026

Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of additional residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate dozens of villages — or face death. An Israeli military spokesperson posted a message in Arabic on X reading, “Residents of southern Lebanon — you must move immediately to areas north of the Litani River.” Some 200,000 people live in the region. On Thursday, there were massive traffic jams as panicked residents piled personal belongings into cars and headed north. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed eight more people across the country, with several airstrikes overnight in southern Beirut neighborhoods where Israel had issued forced evacuation orders.

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