Sky News saw families turning up at an emergency centre in Tyre, with one man revealing his house was the only one still standing in his village as Israel continues its campaign on Hezbollah targets.
Emergency workers have been struggling to cope with the sudden spike of people fleeing their homes in the south of Lebanon as the Israeli forces continued their campaign of airstrikes across the country. The capital, Beirut, was struck for the third time in five days as the Israeli military said it had targeted and 'eliminated' another key Hezbollah commander.
worker was named as Ali Basma, who had worked in the agency's Tyre office for seven years. The Lebanese Ministry Of Health said the number killed in Monday and Tuesday's airstrikes included children and many women and had now risen to nearly 600. said in a statement: 'The protection of civilians is a must. 'We reiterate the UN secretary-general's call for urgent de-escalation and calls on all parties to protect civilians, including aid workers in line with obligations under international humanitarian law.' We've been witnessing multiple airstrikes in the south throughout the day and evening with the constant sounds of blasts and ambulance sirens going off.
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