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Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Beirut.
Life in the village of Beit Leif in south Lebanon had started to go back to normal since a ceasefire was struck with Israel more than a year ago.
Villagers had to evacuate for months to avoid Israeli strikes on Hezbollah.
And now the 425 families of Beit Leif find themselves on the move again.
52-year-old Mayor Hamieh Mostafa says they received three Israeli evacuation orders in the past three days.
The remaining one or two people have now left, he says.
The Lebanese government says over 80,000 people have been internally displaced since the war with Iran began.
Hadil Al-Shalji, NPR News, Beirut.
The Israeli military said it had begun a broad wave of strikes targeting Iran's military launch sites, aerial defense systems and other infrastructure.
It also issued new evacuation orders to those in south Lebanon, warning of new operations against what it said were Hezbollah facilities.
On Tuesday, drones hit the U.S.
setting off a small fire and prompting officials to tell Americans to shelter in place.
Israel said Tuesday it targeted the building housing the Iranian Assembly of Experts, a group of clerics who choose a new supreme leader.
It's unclear if they were meeting at the time.
Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Amman.
People lined up to receive communion in the austere prayer hall of the Church of the Nativity.
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pizzabella, just finished his sermon.
He mentioned the devastation of the war in Gaza, but said he saw hope when he visited there earlier this week.