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Israel has issued a forced evacuation order to all residents of southern Lebanon, worsening a wave of mass displacement as the Israeli military continues to launch deadly attacks<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n In a statement on Wednesday, the Israeli army ordered Lebanese civilians to \u201cevacuate [their] homes immediately and move north beyond the Litani River\u201d as it planned to bomb what it described as Hezbollah targets.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n \u201cTens of thousands of people are being forced north,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Bernard Smith reported from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n At least 83,000 people have been displaced from their homes<\/a> across Lebanon since Israel launched renewed air strikes on the country earlier this week, according to the latest figures from the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs.<\/p>\n Intensified cross-border fighting resumed on Monday after Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israeli territory following Saturday\u2019s start of attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran<\/a>, which backs the Lebanese group.<\/p>\n The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 72 people \u2013 including seven children \u2013 have been killed and 437 others wounded in the wave of Israeli attacks, which have targeted the south of the country as well as areas of the capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n The Israeli military also pushed deeper into Lebanese territory on Monday, launching a ground invasion<\/a> of southern Lebanon alongside its aerial bombardment.<\/p>\n Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera\u2019s Zeina Khodr said on Wednesday that Israel was widening the scope of its attacks, levelling at least five residential buildings in the city\u2019s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are Israeli warplanes, the constant buzzing of Israeli drones and people receiving phone calls telling them to evacuate their buildings. There is chaos and a lot of panic in Lebanon about where this conflict is heading,\u201d she reported.<\/p>\n Hezbollah also announced more than a dozen military operations against Israel on Wednesday, including rocket launches and direct clashes with Israeli troops, as it stepped up the tempo of its attacks.<\/p>\n Aid groups have warned that the renewed fighting will have dire consequences for a Lebanese population already reeling from a steady barrage of Israeli attacks<\/a> since Israel began its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023.<\/p>\n The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that tens of thousands of people were already uprooted from their homes before this week\u2019s attacks began.<\/p>\n