Displaced people fleeing from southern Lebanon, Beirut's southern suburbs and Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, received aid in Beirut on Tuesday (March 3). At least 30,000 people have sought protection in shelters in Lebanon since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah began, the UNHCR reported. Israel has vowed to uproot the Iran-backed group Hezbollah after it launched strikes into Israel.The Israeli military said on Wednesday (March 4) its ground forces were advancing in southern Lebanon and ordered residents to evacuate the entire swathe of territory south of the Litani River.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. VEHICLES IN TRAFFIC

2. MEN STANDING IN BACK OF VEHICLE

3. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG ROAD

4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING AT BACK OF VEHICLE

5. WOMAN IN BLUE 'UNHCR' VEST / WOMAN CARRYING AID

6. (SOUNDBITE)(English) UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON, KAROLINA LINDHOLM BILLING, SAYING:

"In a matter of hours, thousands of people were uprooted across southern Lebanon, Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa"

7. VARIOUS OF AID BEING GIVEN OUT

8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON, KAROLINA LINDHOLM BILLING, SAYING:

"Families left behind their homes, all their belongings and their sense of normalcy"

9. PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND VEHICLE

10. VEHICLES / PEOPLE STANDING