Southern Lebanon facing 'same scenario' as Gaza, locals fear, as Israeli air strikes hit town of Tyre
ABCThe few people remaining in Lebanon's south make the same dire prediction about Israel's bombardment and ground offensive against the militant group Hezbollah. "We are having the same scenario as in Gaza," Hassan Dbouk, the mayor of Tyre, Lebanon's fourth-largest city, told the ABC. Mr Dbouk said there had been about eight Israeli air strikes inside Tyre itself and the municipality estimated three-quarters of the city's population, normally more than 200,000 people, had left. Displaced people on both sides of the border Israel began bombing Lebanon only after Hezbollah started firing drones, anti-tank missiles and rockets at Israeli military bases and towns last year. The IDF extended a "closed military zone" in the country's north on Saturday, with a total ban on entry to several towns in the western Galilee area due to heavy fighting.