People in southern Lebanon are living through a war within a war.

The war is, of course, the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran.

The war within Lebanon started with a series of strikes by the militant group Hezbollah.

They launched rockets and drones from Lebanon into Israel,

and Israel has responded with strikes in Lebanon.

And with that, a conflict that has flared

on and off for decades reignited. NPR met one man evacuating his home in a Beirut suburb during

this round of strikes. He said he and his family were forced to flee during the last round of

fighting just two years ago. The Lebanese Health Ministry says some 1,200 people have been killed by this latest war.

Now Israel is mounting a widening invasion and ordering residents to leave.

Nearly one million people have been displaced inside the country.

And in Lebanon, I've had to have to have to have been displaced inside the country. The goal, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is to finally thwart the threat of invasion.

Consider this, Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon is rapidly widening and could outlast the war in Iran. The people fleeing their homes don't know when or if they'll be allowed back. From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.

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For a lot of people in Lebanon right now, home isn't home.

It's a soccer stadium or a school or a tent.

NPR's Lauren Freyer has been talking to some of these people whose lives have been upended. She has this story from southern Lebanon. Schools like this one in the southern town of

Jazeen have been repurposed into shelters, kids playing soccer, adults sitting on the curb, chain

smoking, scanning evacuation orders, Israel puts out on

social media. At first, Israeli defense minister Israel Katz, said his troops would accelerate

the destruction of homes in southern Lebanon in accordance with a Gaza model.

And take Lebanese territory up to the Latani River, which runs east-west,

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