Israel orders evacuations and bombs Beirut as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies

The Israeli military ordered residents to leave parts of southern Beirut and began carrying out airstrikes there. This triggered large-scale evacuations, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the area.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, responded by ramping up rocket and missile attacks on northern Israel, targeting areas like the Galilee. The group's leader vowed to continue fighting as the conflict expanded.