BEIRUT, March 5 - Israel warned residents to leave Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs on Thursday, sparking panic as people fled a swathe of the Lebanese capital on the fourth day of full-scale hostilities between the Iran-backed group and Israel. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 5 (UPI) -- The Israeli Army on Thursday ordered a mass evacuation of Beirut's southern suburbs -- a main stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah -- in an unprecedented warning ahead of massive strikes, causing widespread panic among fleeing residents and heavy traffic jams in the capital.

Israel orders residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate, and the move sets off panic and gridlock across the capital.

Traffic was gridlocked in Lebanon's capital on Thursday as panicked residents tried to flee after Israel's military ordered people from all of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate, app

Israel's military issued warnings to residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” Wednesday as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more attacks. Lebanon was dragged into the broader war in the Middle East early Monday when Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into…