{"id":761,"date":"2026-03-02T07:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2026-03-02T07:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:13:21","slug":"families-flee-sidon-as-israel-hezbollah-fighting-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/families-flee-sidon-as-israel-hezbollah-fighting-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Families Flee Sidon as Israel\u2013Hezbollah Fighting Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_20_08.Still014.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roads in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon were gridlocked early Monday as families fled north amid renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage from the scene shows heavy traffic crawling along major routes while missiles \u2014 believed to have been launched from Lebanon \u2014 streaked across the night sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/XEKzKKks2Cs\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued urgent evacuation warnings for approximately 55 villages and towns in southern Lebanon. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) subsequently carried out airstrikes across multiple areas, including Beirut\u2019s Dahiyeh suburb, the Bekaa Valley, and southern regions near Tyre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel said the strikes followed a wave of drones and rockets launched by Hezbollah targeting the Mishmar HaCarmel missile defense site south of Haifa. The IDF reported intercepting at least one projectile, while others landed in open areas. No casualties have been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_27_14.Still015.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHezbollah opened a campaign against Israel overnight and is fully responsible for any escalation,\u201d said IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, adding that Israeli forces had prepared for such a scenario under \u201cOperation Roaring Lion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hezbollah said the assault was in retaliation for the killing of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, describing the attack as an act carried out \u201cin defence of Lebanon and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a3107_02032026_1080p.00_00_33_12.Still016.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian state television had earlier confirmed that Khamenei was killed in strikes on Saturday. The Supreme Leader, who had ruled since 1989, held ultimate authority over Iran\u2019s political, military, and religious institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian officials warned that his death would mark a turning point in the region, with the Revolutionary Guard vowing retaliation and declaring that \u201cthis great crime will not go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roads in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon were gridlocked early Monday as families fled north amid renewed fighting between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}