Israeli strikes in South Lebanon sent hundreds of people fleeing their homes, according to Bilal Kachmar, an official in Tyre. Video Credit: AFP

Hundreds of people in south Lebanon fled the deadliest Israeli bombardment in nearly a year of cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel, a local official said. Bilal Kachmar, an official at the disaster management unit in Tyre, said "hundreds of displaced people rushed to" a school-turned-shelter in the southern city, with many others "camping out in the streets". AFP correspondents in the south saw rows of cars leaving nearby Sidon.

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