A large number of people had to flee from Israel’s bombardments in Lebanon
Families in Lebanon had to flee Israel’s bombardments this week amid the largest displacement of its citizens, according to a spokesperson at the Beirut Kinderhilfszentrum
The childrens laundry was hung from the classroom windows to dry. But most of the families arrived with nothing at all — only the clothes they were wearing.
One couple sat scrolling through social media videos to try to see whether their home was still standing. They requested to be identified as the parents of their son Ali using the names Um and Abu, which means Ali’s mother and father, respectively.
She says that the kids were screaming and crying when the airstrikes were close to the cars. A mother bundled her kids into a car and drove south on Monday after she and her husband were wounded in an Israeli airstrike a month ago.
Many arrived Tuesday, fleeing south Lebanon amid what Lebanese authorities have called the largest displacement of its citizens in decades. The UN’s humanitarian coordination office reported that over 90 thousand people fled their homes as a result of the Israeli attacks.
“I don’t know what happened to Abu Ali and his daughter,” she says in the present tense: Israel hezbollah conflict forced-residents
Um Ali says her daughter has been unable to sleep because she is not talking. A girl stands behind her mom and says she is okay, but hides her face in her mother’s shoulder as she cries.
A person comes to your kids and causes a state of fear, blood and destruction, says her mother. “Nobody accepts living like that — to be humiliated and see their lives torn apart.”
There was not enough time for the sense of loss to kick in. Abu Ali and his wife talked about the life in their village in the present tense.
“I grow everything and raise a few sheep,” adds Um Ali, her face for a moment radiant with the memory of life in the countryside. We have a happy and beautiful life.
Dozens of people, including children, were killed and more than 3,500 others were injured in a series of attacks on the militant group last week. Israel is widely believed to be responsible for having detonated the devices, but the Israeli government has not confirmed any involvement.
Source: Over 90,000 people in Lebanon had to flee Israel’s bombardments this week
The First Day of Classes at the Ahliah School, Lebanon, Revealed by the Lebanese Refugees Organizing Committee
Behind the school, a few boys kick around a blue ball on a concrete soccer field. Two sisters are sitting on a low wall in the courtyard near the border town of Nabitieh. The younger is 18 — her nails recently manicured in a bright purple. Her sister, 20, has long dark hair that is carefully styled.
The strikes began during the night to allow them to flee early the next morning, but they did not sleep in their clothes.
The streets of the capital are packed with displaced families. And for those who can afford it, so are the hotels. At the reception desk of one, a man asked for five rooms — but only for a night until the family figure out their options.
A woman and her sister are sitting at a table and say that they have been trying to find an apartment but everyone now wants so much money. They did not want to be identified because of their fear of being targeted by Israel.
BEIRUT — Around the concrete courtyard of Ahliah School in the center of Lebanon’s capital, families perch on plastic chairs, sharing news of what houses they’ve heard have been destroyed in their villages near the southern border with Israel.
Many Lebanese fleeing the south took refuge with relatives in Beirut and other places, or searched for apartments to rent. But according to the U.N., about 40,000 of them sought shelter in more than 200 schools, which the Lebanese government asked to accommodate displaced people.
Cars full of tired looking passengers pulled up on Tuesday outside the metal gates of the century-old Ahliah School. The aid official waved them on to other schools that were serving as temporary shelters. There wasn’t a room left after 600 people arrived in 24 hours.
It was supposed to be the first day of classes at the K-12 private school. To make room for the families to come in, Ahliah had to clear out the desks and put them in the hallways.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make his case with the United Nations today as he continues to reject a U.S.-backed Lebanon cease-fire proposal. At the United Nations this week, world leaders have urged a cease-fire in Lebanon. More than 90,000 people in Lebanon have fled their homes amid Israel’s attacks this week.
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