‘The World Exploded.’ Strikes Haunt Displaced Families in Lebanon.

Across Beirut, the Lebanese capital, the signs and sounds of the war are everywhere.

“War in theMiddle East Advertisement Supported by With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits”

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There’s the deep thrum of warplanes and drones buzzing constantly overhead.

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The dull thuds of explosions rock the densely packed southern edge of Beirut, where Hezbollah holds sway.

Families have found refuge on the city’s sidewalks, parking lots and beaches after being ordered to leave their homes by Israel on the southern outskirts of Beirut.

By Christina Goldbaum and Sarah Chaayto, reporting from Beirut, Lebanon.

The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for central Beirut, the first such warning since the war began for an area within the city limits.

The Israeli military then said it had begun carrying out a new wave of strikes in Beirut, targeting infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah.

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A strike on central Beirut sent a thick plume of dust and smoke rising above the skyline of a normally quaint residential area filled with high-end bars and restaurants.

The Times describes this as the latest sign that the conflict is expanding.

Earlier on Thursday, Israeli airstrikes hit several cars along the seaside corniche in Beirut’s Ramlet al-Baida neighborhood, covering the sidewalk in bloodied sand and setting off panic.

“War in theMiddle East Advertisement Supported by With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits”

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The strike killed at least eight people and injured dozens more, most of them displaced people, according to hospital officials.

It was the second strike within the city limits in four days, after airstrikes on Monday struck the four-star Ramada Plaza Hotel farther down the seafront in central Beirut.

Both strikes came without warning and stoked fears that, with the Israeli military determined to eliminate Hezbollah members wherever they are, nowhere was safe.