In Lebanon, at least 569 people have been killed and over 1,835 others injured since Israel increased its airstrikes in Lebanon, while world leaders meeting in New York at the UN General Assembly rush to convene diplomatic channels to avert a regional war.

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The Israeli military intensified its airstrikes in south and east Lebanon on Monday, warning Lebanese citizens to evacuate areas where Hezbollah may be storing weapons, Al-Monitor's Beatrice Farhat reporting from Beirut gives us the latest on the ground.

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Al-Monitor's Gabrielle Debinski and Tyler Huffman report on why Israeli officials, choosing between three options, made a decision on Tuesday to detonate pagers used by Hezbollah operatives. The pager attacks killed at least 12 people, including two children, and left around 2,800 others injured. On Wednesday more explosions followed as hand-held radios detonated, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 450, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

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