Beirut evacuees 'sleeping in tents and cars'

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In Lebanon, some residents in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid evacuation orders and ongoing air strikes by Israel.

BBC Arabic's Carine Torbey says people from the area, which a Hezbollah stronghold, have been sleeping in tents and cars.

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