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‘One roof’: Lebanese citizens mobilise to shelter people fleeing Israeli strikes

The screengrab at left shows an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, while the one at the right shows traffic jams south of Beirut as people fled en masse from affected areas on September 23, 2024. © @MiddleEastBuka / ejmalrai

Nearly half a million people have fled southern Lebanon and the western region of Baalbek since the Israeli military began dropping bombs there on September 23, according to Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib. We spoke to people on the ground who are mobilising to help displaced families.

More than 700 people, including women and children, have died and more than 1,800 have been wounded since Israel began strikes on Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanese authorities. 

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