About 1.2 million people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israel’s massive aerial bombardment, according to the government in Beirut.
About 160,000 people have found shelter in emergency shelters, according to the head of the government’s emergency response committee, Nasser Yassin.
The others fled to friends or relatives, or moved to hotels or their own homes in other areas, state news agency NNA reported.
Nearly 300,000 people have crossed the border into civil war-torn Syria since Israel began its phase of intense attacks on targets of the Shiite militia Hezbollah last week, according to government reports.
Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel every day for months. The Israeli goal is to drive the militia back from the border so that about 60,000 Israelis evacuated from the northern area can return home.
Relatives sleep on a sidewalk in Beirut after fleeing heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian nationals fled southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after heavy Israeli airstrikes. Marwan Naamani/dpa
A couple stands outside a makeshift tent they set up on the coast of Beirut after fleeing heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian nationals fled southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after heavy Israeli airstrikes. Marwan Naamani/dpa
Displaced people live on the boulevard of Beirut. Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian nationals fled southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after heavy Israeli airstrikes. Marwan Naamani/dpa
Abdel Salam Abdallah, a 10-year-old boy from the Lebanese southern city of Khiam, sits in the trunk of his father’s car after waking from his sleep. Abdel Salam’s father is seen sleeping on the sidewalk of Beirut’s promenade. The four-member Abdallah family is using the car as they head to a makeshift house after fleeing Beirut’s southern suburbs last week. Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian nationals fled southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after heavy Israeli airstrikes. Marwan Naamani/dpa
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