Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNearly 700,000 Flee Israeli Strikes in Lebanon
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/10/world/iran-war-trump-us-israelNearly 700,000 Flee Israeli Strikes in Lebanon
Nearly 700,000 people have been driven from their homes in Lebanon, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Israels mass evacuation orders and bombing campaign transform the country into a major new front in the expanding Middle East war.
Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon anew, sending residents fleeing for safety and prompting warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis. Bombing also continued in Iran, where a resident warned that if they keep hitting Tehran like this for another 10 days, nothing will remain. In Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed those attacks would go on, and said that Tuesday would be the most intense day of American strikes since the start of the war.
In Beirut and its densely packed surrounding area, tens of thousands of people fleeing Israels attacks on the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah were living in schools and government buildings, while others slept in cars and on sidewalks along the citys seaside promenade.
More than 667,000 people have registered on the Lebanese governments online displacement platform, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing government figures. That included more than 100,000 in the past 24 hours, the agency said.
...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
More options for future Trump resorts
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Nearly 700,000 Flee Israeli Strikes in Lebanon (Original Post)
dalton99a
7 hrs ago
OP
Botany
(77,098 posts)1. So how many different nations has Trump's war on the people of Iran now spilled over into?
Iran, Israel, Lebanon, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, ..
dalton99a
(93,724 posts)2. And Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Cyprus, Azerbaijan
leftstreet
(40,188 posts)4. That's a whole lot of instability
The western powers usually like to control the chaos they start
bluestarone
(22,026 posts)3. Israel doing the Gaza treatment to
Iran and Lebanon. That's the new war plans.