Vehicles move along a congested highway along the southern entry to Beirut on September 23, 2024. Israeli air strikes killed at least 356 people, including 24 children, in Lebanon on September 23, the Lebanese government said, in the deadliest cross-border escalation since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023. Arab states sharply condemned Israel over the sharpest escalation in nearly a year of Israel-Hezbollah hostilities. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)