Israel and Hezbollah on Brink of All-Out War, as Thousands Flee From Southern Lebanon
Traffic jams pile up at Lebanon’s border as people seek to escape into Syria.

BEIRUT — Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes again Tuesday as the death toll from an Israeli bombardment climbed to nearly 560 people, according to the Lebanese health authority, and thousands fled from southern Lebanon with the two sides on the brink of all-out war.
Displaced families slept in shelters hastily set up in schools at Beirut and the coastal city of Sidon. With hotels quickly booked to capacity or rooms priced beyond the means of many families, those who did not find shelter slept in their cars, in parks or along the seaside.
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