00:00A plane takes off from Beirut Thursday as smoke rises from the city's skyline.
00:06The image illustrates how Lebanon has been dragged into the U.S. and Israel's war with
00:11Iran after Hezbollah joined the fight.
00:14It's resulted in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon with forced evacuation notices to
00:19anyone south of the Litani River, residents piled into cars or took off on foot to get
00:25to safety.
00:27We were on the road for 18 hours because of the traffic.
00:30It was exhausting.
00:32While the displaced from the south are out of harm's way for now, many are unsure of what
00:37comes next as Israeli forces advance.
00:41I've been in contact with someone who's telling me they've reached such and such a place, meaning
00:45the Israelis crossed through our village.
00:48What's happening up there, God only knows.
00:51Tens of thousands of people have reportedly fled southern Lebanon in recent days, with
00:57aid groups stepping in to help.
00:59But there are fears they won't be able to keep up with the rising demand.
01:03In a matter of hours, thousands of people were uprooted across southern Lebanon, Beirut's southern suburbs, and the Beqa.
01:10Families left behind their homes, all their belongings, and their sense of normalcy.
01:15As the situation in Lebanon grows more precarious as the fight between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, France's
01:23president spoke with the Lebanese prime minister and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.
01:27Emmanuel Macron called for the militant group allied to Iran to lay down its weapons, but
01:33also told the Israeli leader to respect Lebanon's territorial integrity.
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