Death toll rises to 492 as Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes

In Beirut and beyond, schools were quickly repurposed to receive the newly displaced as volunteers scrambled to gather water, medicine and mattresses

Israeli security forces examine the site hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, on Sunday, September 22, 2024. Picture: AP Photo//Ariel Schalit

The death toll from Israeli strikes across Lebanon has risen to 492, the Lebanese health ministry has said.

The Israeli military has warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah.