Nearly 500 people, including 35 children and 58 women, were killed in southern and eastern Lebanon after Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes yesterday on the area's deadliest day of attacks since Israel's war with Hezbollah militants in 2006. At least 1,645 people were also wounded yesterday, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The casualty count does not distinguish between civilians and militants.
Israel said it struck roughly 1,300 Iran-backed Hezbollah (see background) targets in Lebanon, which shares borders with Israel to the south and Syria to the northeast (see conflict in maps). Civilians have also been ordered to evacuate from areas near the conflict. At least 60,000 people have been displaced from Israel's side of the border, while roughly 100,000 have been displaced from Lebanon.
Fears of an all-out conflict in the Middle East continue to grow, with the US Pentagon announcing it is sending additional troops to the region.
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