An explosion rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs and smoke rose to the sky on Tuesday (March 10) following an Israeli strike, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered its eleventh day.

Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes in Lebanon over the past week, a U.N. agency said on Monday (March 9).

Lebanon has been pulled deep into the war in the Middle East since Hezbollah opened fire to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader, igniting an Israeli offensive which has killed nearly 500 people in Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities, with the death toll rising by around 100 a day.

The Israeli military has in recent days ordered people out of the southern suburbs, a swathe of south Lebanon, and parts of the eastern Bekaa Valley region - all areas that have served as political and security strongholds of Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah.

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VIDEO SHOWS: EXPLOSION AND SMOKE FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, AS SEEN FROM BAABDA

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SHOWS: BAABDA, LEBANON (MARCH 10, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. EXPLOSION AND SMOKE FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, AS SEEN FROM BAABDA

2. VARIOUS OF PLUMES OF SMOKE FOLLOWING THE STRIKE