A commerical plane was filmed taking off from Beirut International Airport as Israel said it completed a “wave of strikes on Hezbollah command centers in Beirut” on March 3.The Israel Defense Forces

Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks.

For the Muslim world's Shiite minority, 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was more than just Iran's theocratic ruler since 1989. He was also one of their most prominent religious and political figures.

Israel's military issued warnings to residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate 'immediately' on Wednesday as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more attacks.

Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning

Explosions and rising smoke can be seen in Beirut after Israel began striking what it says are Hezbollah targets in the country.

The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically.

Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces launched retaliatory strikes on Beirut early March 2 after Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at a military base near Haifa in northern Israel. Hezbollah said the attack was in response to the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and framed it as defending Lebanon against continued Israeli aggression,

The State Department has ordered some staff in the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to begin to leave Lebanon, multiple sources familiar with the matter said.

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