{"id":68288,"date":"2026-03-06T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/first-thing-israel-launches-huge-strikes-against-south-beirut-after-mass-evacuation-order\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:59:00","slug":"first-thing-israel-launches-huge-strikes-against-south-beirut-after-mass-evacuation-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/first-thing-israel-launches-huge-strikes-against-south-beirut-after-mass-evacuation-order\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Lebanese capital fled in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets, while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks. Plus, why is Pedro S\u00e1nchez the only European leader to take on Trump?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\"><strong>Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has launched intense strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut just hours after its military ordered the entire population of the area \u2013 more than 500,000 people \u2013 to evacuate immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What else is happening with the war?<\/strong> The US granted Indian refiners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/06\/iran-war-us-india-russian-oil-prices-jump-israel-strikes-hezbollah-news-updates\">a 30-day waiver to buy Russian oil<\/a> after the US-Israel war on Iran sparked fears of a supply crunch, lifting global prices. Barely a month ago, Donald Trump claimed India had agreed to stop purchasing oil from Russia, in a shift that he said would \u201chelp END THE WAR in Ukraine\u201d by cutting off a key source of funds for Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a developing story.<\/strong> Follow our liveblog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/mar\/06\/iran-war-live-updates-us-temporarily-lets-india-buy-russian-oil-amid-energy-fears-israeli-military-launches-strikes-on-beirut\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have the Democrats reacted?<\/strong> Democrats have cheered Noem\u2019s departure, with Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, saying at a press conference: \u201cGood riddance. She was a disaster.\u201d But Jeffries said it would not change Democrats\u2019 stance towards funding the homeland security department: \u201cA change in personnel is not sufficient. We need a change in policy that has to be bold, dramatic, transformational and meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/06\/first-thing-israel-strikes-south-beirut-lebanon-mass-evacuation-iran-tehran-pedro-sanchez\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Lebanese capital fled in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets, while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks. Plus, why is Pedro S\u00e1nchez the only European leader to take on Trump? Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Israel has launched intense strikes against the southern suburbs &#8230; <a title=\"First Thing: Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/first-thing-israel-launches-huge-strikes-against-south-beirut-after-mass-evacuation-order\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First Thing: Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}