Lebanon: Panic and chaos as civilians flee border regions on deadliest day in decades | World news
Lebanon has had a terrible day: 80,000 people received telephone messages from Israel ordering civilians to leave their homes. In addition, Israeli air strikes on the capital and hundreds more on towns in the south of the country continued throughout the night.
It is LebanonThe day with the highest number of deaths in conflict since the end of the civil war in 1990, including children, women and medical workers among more than 490 people killed in Israeli attacks on communities in the south.
There is a traffic jam on the main coastal road connecting the south with the capital Beirut, with vehicles trying to escape north for several kilometers.
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Some cars barely moved for six hours
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Some cars were stuck in traffic jams around the city of Sidon and could barely move for six hours.
It took us five hours to cover the 9 kilometers – normally the journey takes 15 minutes.
During our long journey, there were regular air raids within sight of numerous targets in and around Sidon, through which we traveled.
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Sky News in southern Lebanon during the strikes
An airstrike landed 200 meters from our car and on the busy road where hundreds of other vehicles full of families were.
Following the impact, several secondary explosions occurred in an industrial area of the city of Ghaziyeh near Sidon.
This seemed to indicate that the airstrike had hit an ammunition depot or other explosives.
An armed man in plain clothes ordered us to leave the area and cocked his gun to hurry us up. He did not give his name.
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The all-day spray mist of Israeli The air strikes, which continued into the night, caused panic and chaos. Motorists blocked both sides of the coastal road, causing chaos.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said the death toll from the air strikes in the south has now reached 492. More than 1,600 were injured.
Alex Crawford reports from Sidon, Lebanon with cameraman Jake Britton, special producer Chris Cunningham and Lebanese producers Jihad Jineid, Sami Zein and Hwaida Saad
