Lebanon: Families flee Beirut as Israel threatens renewed strikes on Hezbollah

Key points

• Thousands of people fled the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, on Monday after Israeli announced that it will carry out renewed strikes targeting Hezbollah militants sheltered there.
• “Families are leaving by car, motorcycle, and on foot, carrying essentials,” the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, tweeted.
• Many others are returning to shelters and “fear and uncertainty are mounting.” Tweet URL The UN reiterated that civilians and civilian infrastructures must not be targeted.
• “We urge all actors to respect the cessation of hostilities and avoid further escalation.
• We condemn all the loss of civilian lives,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.