Thousands of families have been forced to sleep out in the open as shelters quickly overcrowded due to the ferocity of Israel's attacks
As many as one million people in Lebanon could be displaced by dozens of Israeli airstrikes that have hit the country's capital over the past few days, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told reporters on 29 September.
“The number of displaced people... could reach a million. Let’s not forget the large influx from the south and the Bekaa,” Mikati said following an emergency cabinet meeting, calling the situation “the largest displacement movement that may have happened” in the country.
Caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin echoed Mikati's words, announcing that about 250,000 people have taken refuge in government-run and informal shelters. However, he stressed that the total number is about “four times as many directly affected and/or displaced outside the shelters.”
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been forced to seek shelter away from their homes in southern cities and the Beirut suburbs over recent days. Many families have been forced to sleep out in the open in public spaces, as shelters quickly became overcrowded.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Lebanon this week said in a statement that “Humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels that have exhausted current efforts and resources.”
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