Fears of an all-out Israeli invasion mount in Lebanon

More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced by Israeli air attacks and ground operations in southern Lebanon, according to government figures. But residents and analysts believe a more significant push into the country is likely imminent.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fleeing in the middle of the night, sleeping without blankets in schools-turned-shelters, and struggling to find basic resources. These are the realities Fatima Mohammed Al Omar has told her four children they may have to get used to.

Displaced from their Beirut home by Israeli evacuation orders and airstrikes, the family is one of thousands in Lebanon who have no idea when they may be able to return.

Fears are growing in the country, already devastated by years of conflict, that Israel may be about to launch a broad invasion of Lebanon's south.

Al Omar and her children lived in the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, a stronghold for Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah that has been exchanging fire with Israel amid the wider conflict consuming the region since Feb. 28.

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