This is the largest displacement event in Lebanon
September 30, 20243 Mins Read
International Desk: Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that due to Israel's continuous airstrikes, as many as one million people across the country may have already been forced to leave their homes. "This is the biggest displacement," said Najib Mikati. BBC news.

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Air strikes also killed 50 people on Sunday, two days after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut, according to Lebanon's health ministry. On the other hand, Hezbollah also fired more rockets targeting northern Israel.

Israel, on the other hand, said it had carried out "major" airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi military installations in Yemen.

Hezbollah confirmed on Sunday that its top military commander, Ali Qaraki, and a senior religious leader, Sheikh Nabil Kauk, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

"We need to hit Hezbollah hard," said Israel's military chief of staff, Harji Halevi.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the airstrikes were forcing people to flee their homes in Beirut and other parts of the country, including the southern border areas.

Local authorities are struggling to provide support according to people's needs. The pressure on refugee camps and hospitals is mounting, says a BBC correspondent from Lebanon.

Aya Ayoub, 25, told the BBC she and her family of six had to leave their home in the southern Beirut suburb of Tahweitet al Ghadi because it had become dangerous to stay there.

'All the buildings around his house were destroyed' and he is now staying with sixteen others in another house in Beirut.

“We left on Friday and had nowhere to go. I was on the road until two in the morning. A group of people then assisted us to a residential building under construction. Having to live with candles at night. Food and water have to be brought from outside”.

34-year-old Sara Tohmaz is a journalist by profession. He told the BBC he was forced to leave his home near Beirut with his mother and two brothers last Friday.

He said it took them ten hours to reach Jordan by car through Syria.

“I think we are lucky that we have a place to stay in Jordan. There are relatives on mother's side. We don't know what will happen next and we don't know when we will be able to return,” he said.

Earlier on October 8, 2023, cross-border fighting escalated. After Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, Hezbollah, in support of the Palestinians, fired rockets at Israel.

Since then, hundreds of people have died, including Hezbollah fighters, and millions have been displaced on both sides.

Israel said on Sunday it had carried out airstrikes targeting Houthi military installations in Yemen. There were attacks on the power plant and the ports of Ras Isa and Hudaydah.

Israel says it launched the attack in response to a recent missile attack by the Houthis.

The Shia group the Houthis control large parts of Yemen. They strongly condemned Israel's attack, calling it a 'brutal aggression'.

They vowed to avenge the attack, which claimed four lives and injured 33 others.

All in all, many fear a larger conflict in the Middle East.

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Washington warned Israel against an all-out war against Hezbollah or Iran, saying a major conflict would make it impossible for people displaced in Israel's north to return home.