"Lebanese families displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs were seen sleeping inside shops in the Azarieh building in central Beirut on Friday, as thousands fled Israeli evacuation warnings and airstrikes. Footage shows displaced residents lying on the ground inside the building and surrounding areas, after a surge in displacement left shelters overwhelmed. On Monday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced a ban on Hezbollah’s military and security activities, stating that such operations fall outside the country’s legal framework and that the group’s role should be limited to political activity. In response, Mohammed Raad, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, condemned the government’s 'swaggering decisions', arguing that the Lebanese public had expected measures against Israeli actions rather than restrictions on the movement. The Israeli military earlier ordered residents of several neighbourhoods in Beirut’s southern suburbs, including Burj al-Barajneh, Haret Hreik, Al-Hadath and Al-Shiyah, to evacuate toward the city centre as tensions with Hezbollah intensified. The latest escalation in Lebanon follows Hezbollah’s entry into the conflict in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Israel has since carried out strikes on multiple villages in southern Lebanon and conducted air raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Since March 2, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has reported 123 fatalities and 683 injuries as a result of Israeli strikes. The United States and Israel launched joint attacks on Iran on Saturday morning. Tehran later announced retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets across the region, with explosions reported in several Gulf countries. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was later confirmed killed in a strike on Saturday, in an escalation that followed several rounds of nuclear talks between Iranian and American officials."