Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, just as Israel premier Benyamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly.

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Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria

25 Sep 2024

The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.

Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

22 Nov 2024

The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the “deadliest and most devastating” in decades as communities uprooted from the front line flee continue to flee across the border to Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

04 Oct 2024

As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into Syria cut by a new dawn strike, forcing them to skirt “a huge crater” and rubble on foot, to reach the other side.