1 million people displaced in Lebanon, prime minister says

 

Displaced from Dahiyeh, southern Beirut suburb, Asmaa Kenji, mother of three, helps her son put on his shoes, as they live on the streets of central Beirut after fleeing Israeli air strikes, on September 29. 

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One million people in Lebanon have “moved from place to place in just a few days,” the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday as Israeli strikes in the country continue.

\“We must not forget the significant displacement movement that occurred from the south, the suburbs, and the Bekaa in just a few hours,” Mikati said, calling it the “largest displacement operation” that occurred “within a matter of hours.”

Mikati said the situation poses issues related to managing food and shelter for those displaced as well as public health and waste management.