Thousands flee Beirut after Israeli evacuation order
NBC News·2026-03-06 02:59
Tonight, Beirut is a city on edge and on the move. Residents fleeing a suburb of the capital that's been struck all week by Israel. Only now, it appears the IDF is about to intensify its bombing, warning hundreds of thousands of civilians, evacuate your homes immediately. The target of those strikes, a Hezbollah stronghold. The IDF says it's hitting sites linked to the group, which is backed and funded by Iran. People have packed whatever belongings they have, their kids, everything in the car, and they've ...