TOPSHOT - A Middle East Airlines commercial aircraft flies near Beirut's southern suburbs as it approaches the airport runway on August 9, 2024. Many in Beirut's 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. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)