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School Starts Soon in Lebanon, but Thousands Still Shelter in Them During War
About 350,000 people remain displaced, and around 80 schools still serve as shelters as officials warn of major learning losses.
- About 200 families, including eleven-year-old Fatima Khashab, remain sheltered in a school in Tyre, Lebanon, as the school year approaches on September 15. Around 80 schools nationwide still serve as collective housing for displaced people.
- The latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, displacing around 350,000 people across Lebanon. While most found private housing or moved with relatives, some 21,000 individuals still rely on collective shelters.
- Georgia Hachem, adviser to Lebanon's education minister, reported 340 schools were damaged in the war, with 30 destroyed and no funds to repair them. Nora Ingdal noted an estimated four years of learning loss for displaced children.
- With negotiations between Israel and Lebanon stalled, no political solution exists to allow families to return home. Randa al-Taki, Fatima's mother, expressed uncertainty: "Our children are deprived of school, and we don't know if they are going to learn this year or not."
- Since 2019, Lebanon has endured economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut port explosion, and two wars. Nasser Yassin, a former Lebanese government minister, criticized using schools as shelters, arguing the state should have utilized alternative facilities.
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School starts soon in Lebanon but thousands still shelter in them during war
Families sheltering in a school in Lebanon's city of Tyre are some of the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
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