ISRAEL EXPANDS STRIKES IN LEBANON
Israel has expanded the zones in Lebanon that it had been striking since Tuesday night, with attacks for the first time on the beach resort of Jiyyeh, just south of Beirut.
It also attacked Bint Jbeil, Tebnin and Ain Qana in the south, the village of Joun in the southern Chouf district near Sidon, and Maaysrah in the northern Keserwan district.
As many as half a million people may have been displaced in Lebanon, its foreign minister said. In Beirut, thousands of people displaced from southern Lebanon were sheltering in schools and other buildings.
More than 60 people were evacuated from the Christian town of Alma Chaab, along the border, following strikes overnight.
“At least two houses were completely destroyed but thankfully they were empty and we had no deaths,” said Milad Eid, a resident.
