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The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

Israel strikes Beirut and orders south Lebanon evacuation as conflict mounts

Latest order comes after Hezbollah and Iran launch attack on more than 50 targets including Israeli military bases

The Guardian - UK

Dahiyeh: the Beirut suburb at the heart of an Israeli military doctrine

Over the ten days of the renewed conflict in the Middle East, Beirut’s southern district of Dahiyeh has been targeted by Israel, which is looking to deal a knockout blow to Hezbollah. It’s not the first time the area has been bombarded. Dahiyeh was bombed by Israel during its 2006…

The Conversation

France triples emergency aid to Lebanon as more than 700,000 displaced

France will send 60 tonnes of aid to Lebanon this week, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Wednesday, announcing an increased relief shipment as the country faces growing humanitarian needs.

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British ships in Gulf 'legitimate targets', warns Iran as three vessels hit in Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

Tehran’s warning comes as Donald Trump says the US ‘not finished yet’ in its war on Iran

Evening Standard

The Latest: Iran fires at Gulf states as Australia grants asylum to women on Iranian soccer team

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates

The Independent UK

Photos of displaced civilians in Lebanon, where schools and stadiums turn into shelters during war

Families in southern Lebanon flee Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah and have taken shelter in Beirut stadiums and schools, as the effects of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran are felt across the region.

The Independent UK

The forgotten victims of Israel’s bombing who hold little hope for Trump’s talk of ending the war

ON THE GROUND: Washington has given mixed signals in the past two days over how long its war in Iran will last. Families sheltering from Israeli bombs in the suburbs of Beirut tell Bel Trew that the devastation has left them without hope for their country’s future

The Independent UK

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The Latest: Israel hits Lebanon and Tehran oil depot as desalination plants become targets

Israel is hitting southern Lebanon, Beirut and targets in Iran as the war enters its second week

The Independent UK

Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotel

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran's commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart of Beirut.

Radio France Internationale

US orders government employees to leave Saudi Arabia – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Middle East war day 9: Israeli drone strike kills four at Beirut hotel; Iran continues Gulf attacks — top developments

The war between the United States, Israel and Iran entered its ninth day on Sunday with fresh strikes, drone attacks and widening regional fallout. Fighting that began with joint US and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory on February 28 has rapidly expanded into a broader confrontation stretching across the Gulf,…

The Times of India

Refugees, migrants in Lebanon find rare sanctuary from Israeli strikes in Beirut church

When Israeli strikes began pummelling Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Monday, Sudanese refugee Ridina Muhammad and her family had no choice but to flee home on foot, eventually reaching the only shelter that would accept them: a church.

Radio France Internationale

The Latest: Israel hammers Beirut and Tehran as Iran attacks more Israeli targets

Iran has launched another wave of missiles and drones, and Gulf states say they intercept more incoming attacks as the war intensifies

The Independent UK

‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut

The normally vibrant southern suburbs are a ghost town, their throngs of people replaced by rubble and fires

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Euronews

Lebanon: Israeli strikes on Hezbollah stronghold displace thousands in Beirut

Israeli strikes on Beirut’s suburbs have forced a mass exodus, with more than 95,000 people displaced after evacuation warnings for the crowded southern suburbs.

The Guardian - AU

‘From one catastrophe to another’: Lebanese Australians look on in horror as relatives flee homes

With friends and relatives in danger amid bombing in parts of Lebanon, many diaspora members are suffering a heavy psychological toll

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order

Residents of Lebanese capital fled in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets, while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks. Plus, why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?

The Independent UK

Why Israel is pounding Lebanon with bombs in war with Hezbollah stretching back decades

Thousands of people have been displaced by the latest conflict

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The Independent UK

Southern Lebanon residents rush to flee homes as Israel pounds Beirut with bombs

Traffic became gridlocked as families fled southern Lebanon after Israel's military issued a notice ordering all of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate.

The Times of India

Watch: Israel shares video of precision strikes in Beirut; Hezbollah's military infrastructure hit

The Israeli Defense Forces conducted a significant overnight strike in Beirut, targeting Hezbollah's headquarters and military infrastructure within a densely populated area. This action, described as the twenty-sixth wave of strikes, followed Hezbollah's alleged violation of a truce and its involvement in opening a new front in the ongoing conflict.

Euronews

New Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut suburb as civilians flee feared escalation

Lebanon faces Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after a rare evacuation order. Thousands flee Dahiyeh as traffic blocks roads across the capital.

The Independent UK

Intense Israeli strikes target Iran and Lebanon as US warns bombardment to 'surge dramatically'

Intense Israeli airstrikes are pounding the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships

The Guardian - UK

Tehran warns Europe to stay out of conflict or face ‘retaliation’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Israel orders more than 500,000 to evacuate Beirut, Trump fires Kristi Noem, two mammal species discovered

Conflict continues to spread beyond Iran with order to southern suburbs of Lebanese capital; Australian team finds possum and glider thought extinct

The Guardian - UK

Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order

Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks

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