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‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’: While the World Is Focused on the War in Iran, Something Much Worse Is Unfolding in Lebanon
Over 1 million displaced in Lebanon since early March with 136,000 in overcrowded shelters, UNHCR warns of rising needs amid ongoing Israel-Hezbollah clashes.
- On Saturday, the UNHCR reported that more than a million people—one in five residents—have been forced to flee their homes since March 2, marking one of Lebanon's fastest population displacements.
- Intensified Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and southern regions triggered the mass exodus, with military forces launching a new wave of attacks on Friday that prompted further evacuation orders.
- More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in just three weeks, with more than 136,000 displaced people crowded into 660 collective shelters—mostly schools—filled far beyond capacity.
- The UNHCR is appealing for more than $60 million to scale up its response, while the health ministry reported a raid in the Bekaa region "killed a woman who was pregnant with twins."
- UNICEF country representative Marcoluigi Corsi described the scale of displacement as "staggering," noting that 19,000 children are uprooted daily, many for the second or third time since escalations 15 months ago.
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Israel has uprooted 370,000 children in Lebanon: UN
• Global body warns country at risk of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’• Tel Aviv carries out fresh strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs• Hezbollah says its fighters clashed with Israeli forces at two villages in the south GENEVA / BEIRUT: More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon in just three weeks, as intensified Israeli strikes and mass evacuation orders trigger one of the fastest and largest population displacements …
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 121 children, displace over 370,000
UNICEF says 19,000 children are uprooted daily, many repeatedly, with no safe refuge. Bridges destroyed leave 150,000 isolated, schools serving as shelters interrupt education, and displaced women face higher risks of exploitation, while aid access remains limited
‘Humanitarian catastrophe’: While the world is focused on the war in Iran, something much worse is unfolding in Lebanon
Following the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury against Iran, Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon has led to significant civilian casualties and displacement. UNICEF reports over 370,000 children have been uprooted, with many facing dire living conditions amid ongoing violence and humanitarian crises.
The representative of UNICEF in the country, Marcolugi Corsi, said that the transfer scale is “assisted”, with 19,000 children being displaced every day.
People have no safe place to flee to in Lebanon, not even in Beirut, said Unicef's representative in the country, Marcolizzi Corsi.
UNICEF says over 370,000 children displaced in Lebanon, 121 killed
March 27 (Reuters) - More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon amid Israel's offensive against Hezbollah, with at least 121 children killed and 399 injured, UNICEF's representative in Lebanon, MarcoluigiCorsi, said on Friday. (Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Thomas Seythal)
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