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Monday was the deadliest day in Lebanon in nearly two decades.Flights at Tel Aviv맥스카지노�s Ben Gurion airport continued as usual Wednesday, an airport spokesperson said.Sirens were heard Wednesday in Netanya for the first time since October 7, 2023, according to Israeli authorities.Misery in LebanonIn recent days, Israel and Hezbollah have traded waves of airstrikes and rocket attacks, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Lebanon.Israel has said it is targeting Hezbollah positions and infrastructure 맥스카지노� which it has said are embedded in residential areas 맥스카지노� with one strike killing a senior commander, Ibrahim Qubaisi, on Tuesday. The Israeli military said Qubaisi commanded various Hezbollah missile units and was killed along with two other commanders in southern Beirut.Residents who have fled their homes in Lebanon said residential areas had been flattened and whole towns emptied. One man told CNN he witnessed 맥스카지노�non-stop bombardment from every direction맥스카지노� which he described as 맥스카지노�indiscriminate bombing.맥스카지노�The UN children맥스카지노�s agency (UNICEF) warned that many children remain 맥스카지노�missing under rubble맥스카지노� and caught 맥스카지노�on dangerous roads맥스카지노� after Israeli airstrikes.At least 558 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Monday, including 50 children and 94 women, Lebanon맥스카지노�s Health Minister Firass Abiad said. More children were killed in the country in one day on Monday than in the entire past year, Ettie Higgins, UNICEF Deputy Representative for Lebanon Ettie Higgins told a UN briefing.Meanwhile Lebanese hospitals are struggling with the influx of wounded, and there are difficulties getting those in need to hospital for treatment as roads were congested with people trying to flee from Israeli strikes. British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah said the healthcare system is 맥스카지노�very, very fragile맥스카지노� as it cannot cope with more than 2,000 injuries in two days.맥스카지노�We have received children with unfortunately, the same pattern of injuries that I used to see in Gaza,맥스카지노� Abu-Sittah told CNN. 맥스카지노�Blast injuries in the face, amputations to the limbs, multiple shrapnel injuries, crushing injuries as a result of houses being demolished on top of them.맥스카지노�An estimated half a million people have been displaced in Lebanon, the country맥스카지노�s foreign minister said Tuesday, with that number set to rise further.Om Hussein맥스카지노�s family were among the thousands who fled the country맥스카지노�s south. They spent 14 hours on the road to Beirut, stuck in congested roads, and said they didn맥스카지노�t have time to collect clothes or medicine. 맥스카지노�We had no food or water, but volunteers on motorcycles distributed water to those stranded in cars,맥스카지노� she told CNN.On Wednesday, the Israeli military warned displaced residents of southern Lebanon not to return to their homes as it vowed to speed up its 맥스카지노�offensive operations맥스카지노� against Hezbollah without reprieve.Israeli troops held exercises simulating ground combat in Lebanon, which the military has not ruled out.