Mother's 'sleepless nights' waiting for daughter to return to Australia from Lebanon

A mother has recalled her many sleepless nights while she waited for her daughter to be flown from Lebanon back to safety in Australia.

Three more repatriation flights have touched down in Sydney and Brisbane, bringing hundreds more people fleeing the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah home and prompting emotional scenes at both airports as loved ones reunited.

Lily Obaid was one of the 262 passengers who arrived in Brisbane this morning.

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She is returning to her home in Gold Coast for the first time in nearly six years after evacuating on a rescue flight with her husband and two children.

"It was really last minute, we had no time, packed everything and we went," she told 9News.

Her mother, Julie Pritchard, said she was so glad to have them all home safe.

"Sleepless nights, sleepless weeks, every time you hear something it's not good," she said.

Newlyweds Joseph Zalloua and Joelle Antoun were on their honeymoon in Lebanon when they were caught in the conflict and fled.

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Young children also arrived back in Australia.

"I'm going to see my dad today," five-year-old Leila Taleb said.

"Really worried, all my cousins and relatives are there," 10-year-old Mohammed Abdo said.

Others spoke of the horrors they witnessed.

"It was very bad, they're killing women, children, old men," Mahmoud Abdou said.

"The bombing, it was everywhere," Rania Khoury said.

"We (could) hear the bombing and we were so scared, our family is so scared," another said.

"I really appreciate what you did for us, our government, our people in Australia, the support they offer us, and we hope for peace between every nation."

"There's no place like home," another person said after touchdown.

"It's the best feeling ever."

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More than 1200 Australians, permanent residents, and their immediate family members have been evacuated from Lebanon on six Australian government charter flights since Israel escalated its attacks on what the IDF says are Hezbollah targets in the country.

Close to 4000 remain in Lebanon waiting to learn when they'll be able to leave with the vulnerable and displaced being prioritised.

Further flights are planned for the coming days, and the government has told Australians in Lebanon to take the first flight that is available to them, as there's no guarantee these flights will be able to continue.

The IDF has claimed overnight that the replacement commander of Hezbollah has been killed, while Israeli troops have raised the country's flag in the Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras.

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Israel has previously said no occupation of Lebanon is intended.

Hundreds of rockets meanwhile have been launched at the northern Israeli town of Haifa, with some getting through the country's missile defences.

One resident said there had been several injuries.

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