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Fearing Israeli strikes, residents flee south Beirut Hezbollah stronghold

A youth rides a bicycle in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 7, 2024, following an Israeli raid. [AFP]

Batoul and her family have been scrambling to secure housing outside Beirut's southern suburbs where an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander last week, but spiking demand has sent prices soaring.

Many in the southern suburbs -- a packed residential area known as Dahiyeh which is also a Hezbollah bastion -- have been trying to leave, fearing full-blown war between the Iran-backed group and Israel in the wake of the commander's killing.

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