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Almost 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as war enters second week
The conflict has killed over 400 people and displaced nearly 700,000 in Lebanon, including 200,000 children, UNICEF said as fighting intensified between Israel and Hezbollah.
- Almost 700,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon due to ongoing Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah, with nearly 300 deaths and 1,000 injuries reported in the first eight days.
- Over 500,000 internally displaced persons have been registered, with approximately 117,000 living in shelters while others stay in safer areas or with relatives.
- The Order of Malta Lebanon operates community health centres and mobile medical units covering around 40 villages in southern Lebanon to aid those affected by the conflict.
- Many displaced individuals are sleeping in overcrowded conditions, with classrooms housing 10 to 12 people each on the floor, as described by Oumayma Farah of the Order of Malta Lebanon.
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Order of Malta Lebanon responds to renewed displacement crisis
Israeli strikes against Lebanon have forced over 500,000 people from their homes, compounding an already severe humanitarian crisis. The Order of Malta Lebanon is mobilising nationwide to provide medical care, shelter assistance, and psychosocial support to displaced families facing deep uncertainty and distress. Read all
Lebanon was deeply lured into war in the Middle East after Hezbollah opened fire to win the death of Iran's supreme leader, destroying an Israeli offensive who has already killed more than 400 people in Lebanon
Almost 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as war enters second week
Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes in Lebanon, a U.N. agency said on Monday, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered a second week.
In Lebanon, more than half a million people have been registered as internally displaced persons since the outbreak of the recent fighting with Israel a week ago.
According to France Info, the Minister of Social Affairs, Haneen Sayed, announced that more than half a million people had been displaced since the beginning of the open conflict between Israel and Lebanon. Since 2 March, Beirut has been the target of repeated strikes by Tel Aviv. According to Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine, 1,130 people have reportedly been injured in the strikes against the capital of the country and its suburbs. For the t…
The country is heavily hit by Israelis, who killed 394 people in one week, including 83 children and 42 women. An attack on a seafront hotel in central Beirut resulted in at least four deaths and 10 injuries, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.
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