A girl sits in a van as displaced families fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrive in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel early Monday from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated with strikes on Lebanon. At least 31 people were killed, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
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Cars sit in traffic as residents flee Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A displaced family fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrives in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Children sit on a sidewalk as displaced families fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrive in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Displaced people fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit in traffic at a highway links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Displaced people fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit on a pickup at a highway links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)A displaced family who fled Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon sits at a school turned into a shelter, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A displaced family fleeing Israeli strikes in Dahiyeh south of Beirut, sits on a sidewalk on Beirut’s corniche, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Debris covers a street beside an apartment building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed, a Middle East Airlines plane flies over Beirut as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh in Beirut’s southern suburbs, early Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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