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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jessie Williams

Thousands dead and neighbourhoods razed to the ground: Aid agencies fear southern Lebanon is becoming the new Gaza

More than five weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, aid agencies have warned that attacks on Lebanon have been taken straight from the Gaza playbook and may amount to war crimes.

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon is rapidly deteriorating, with nearly 1,500 people killed, including 130 children, since the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah dragged the country into the regional war on 2 March. Over one million people have been displaced, according to aid organisations.

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