Thousands flee including from village hosting at least 2,500 displaced people, one day after Hezbollah rejects ceasefire
Thousands fled their homes after Israel issued forced evacuation orders for nine villages in southern Lebanon before strikes that killed six people on Friday, a day after the Hezbollah militant group rejected a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
Hundreds of families left Anqoun, a village hosting at least 2,500 displaced people, after the Israeli military said it would soon operate against what it said were Hezbollah targets there, ordering residents to leave. The roads leading to Sidon, the closest large city, were choked with cars as families sought shelter.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by William Christou in Beirut and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem.
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