in case you forgot, our good buddy, is also attacking lebanon; 

 

“Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” read one of the leaflets dropped by the Israeli army over Beirut at the onset of Israel’s 2026 war on Lebanon. 

The blanket evacuation order, first targeting southern Lebanon in early March and then extending to encompass entire parts of Beirut, caused widespread panic in the city, effectively displacing about one million Lebanese in under two weeks. This means one in every four Lebanese is now displaced, and the number continues to rise.

Local media described the warning as unprecedented for such large areas of Beirut, and unlike previous statements, the Israeli order did not simply urge residents to leave, but also where to go: east toward Mount Lebanon, north toward Tripoli. Do not go south, or you will put your lives at risk. A joke started going around: the Israeli army is now our traffic control! 

Images circulating on social media showed seas of people leaving Beirut’s southern Dahiya suburb on foot, by bus, or by car, settling wherever they could — in downtown Beirut, along the seafront, or in other neighbourhoods, particularly in West Beirut...........more.........