People in Lebanon warn an "apocalyptic" situation is mounting, with about 1.2 million people now displaced as operations both in the air and on the ground intensify.
A number of Americans are caught in the escalation. About 100 Americans and their families left on an evacuation flight recently.
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One permanent resident of the U.S. is among the dead.
Ginger Conejero Saab has more in the video above.
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