New strikes hit Beirut | Lebanese govt: 2,000 killed in conflict | Displaced Israelis losing hope

Israeli officials say those who have fled Beirut's southern suburbs should not return home, as the IDF continues to target Hezbollah infrastructure. Lebanon's government says more than 2,000 people have been killed in the escalating conflict and 1.2 million displaced.
Meanwhile, Hamas says one of its armed wing leaders has been killed in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp.
Australian evacuees have arrived in Cyprus from Beirut, on the first government-assisted flight organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
It’s been almost one year since Israel and Hezbollah began trading fire, displacing 60,000 people from Israel’s north and now more than 1.2 million people from Lebanon. In Israel, about half of the displaced were evacuated to hotels where they’ve been living ever since. SBS Correspondent Claudia Farhart spoke to residents at one hotel.
00:00 Israel warns southern Beirut residents not to return
04:45 SBS World News correspondent Claudia Farhart in Jerusalem
06:53 Displaced Israelis speak of despair living in a hotel
09:53 A look at Israel’s hostage crisis ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks
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