Israelis displaced by fighting with Hezbollah want to go home as conflict edges closer to full-scale war

Tens of thousands of people in both Israel and Lebanon have been displaced by the volley of cross-border missiles launched by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and by the Israeli Defence Forces in Israel in a conflict that observers say has long been threatening to escalate into a full-blown war.

Israelis displaced by fighting with Hezbollah want to go home as conflict edges closer to full-scale war
A man wearing firefighting gear uses a hose to spray water on a pile of burning, smoking rubble in a field.

Tens of thousands of people in both Israel and Lebanon have been displaced by the volley of cross-border missiles launched by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and by the Israeli Defence Forces in Israel in a conflict that observers say has long been threatening to escalate into a full-blown war.