BEIRUT – 19,646 people have been displaced in
Lebanon due to the military clashes between Hezbollah and Israel in the border
region, coinciding with the war on the Gaza Strip, according to the
United Nations International Organization for Migration on Monday.
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Regional spokesperson for the organization,
Mohammad Ali Abu Al-Naja, told AFP, that the number was expected to increase if
the situation continues or escalates further.
Most of the displaced, according to Abu
Al-Naja, have joined their families, while others have sought refuge in three
schools turned into shelters in the
southern city of Tyre.
A reporter for AFP reported three schools
crowded with displaced persons in Tyre, where local authorities are working to
open a new shelter, after more than 400 people arrived in the last two weeks.
Abu Al-Naja warned that "amid the
economic deterioration and the high rate of poverty (...) in Lebanon,
displacement may further strain the resources of host communities."
He said, "The health sector is facing a
severe shortage of resources, including medicines (...) as well as doctors and
nurses who have left the country due to the economic crisis," adding,
"In this context, the response to wide-scale displacement (...) may
disrupt an already fragile health system."
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