Over 4,200 people have been displaced from southern Lebanese villages due to escalating border conflicts with Israel. Local authorities warned on Friday that they are ill-prepared for a larger exodus should the situation turn into full-scale war.
Approximately 1,500 of these displaced individuals are taking refuge in schools in Tyre, a city roughly 12 miles north of the Israeli border. Mortada Mhanna, who heads the disaster management unit in Tyre, said new arrivals are surging daily.
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Lebanon’s already cash-strapped government has minimal resources to assist the displaced. Mhanna called on international organizations to provide essential supplies, warning that without support, “we’ll have a problem.” Meanwhile, airlines are canceling flights to Beirut, and several countries, including the US, Saudi Arabia, and Germany, have advised their citizens to leave Lebanon.
Since Hamas carried out massacres in Israeli towns and villages along the Gaza border on October 7, Hizbullah and other groups have been launching daily missile strikes on northern Israel, which has retaliated by shelling areas in southern Lebanon. The conflict has claimed at least 31 lives in Lebanon, four of whom were civilians.