Thousands of south Lebanese flee Israeli bombardment
Thousands of people are leaving south Lebanon and heading north after Israel intensified airstrikes on Monday, leaving 100 people dead and hundreds wounded.
In the southern port city of Sidon, the main north-south highway was packed with cars heading north in the direction of the capital Beirut.
Following a Cabinet meeting in Beirut Monday, Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin told reporters that some schools are being prepared in Mount Lebanon to receive those fleeing.
It was the biggest wave of displacement since the summer 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, when hundreds of thousands fled their homes in the south.
Source: Associated Press
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