The United Nations refugee chief reported Monday that Israeli airstrikes have pushed 100,000 folks to flee Lebanon for Syria, with the quantity doubling in simply two days.
“The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes – Lebanese and Syrian nationals – has reached 100,000,” Filippo Grandi stated on X.
“The outflow continues,” he warned.
He stated his U.N. refugee company (UNHCR) was “present at four crossing points, alongside local authorities and (the Syrian Red Crescent) to support new arrivals.”
The mass displacement into war-torn Syria started every week in the past, on Sept. 23, the UNHCR advised Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday.
Israel has widened its assaults in current days to incorporate Lebanon in addition to the Gaza Strip, focusing on Iran’s regional ally, Hezbollah.
Strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon killed it chief, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday.
In the final week, Israeli bombardment has killed greater than 700 folks in Lebanon, together with 14 paramedics over a two-day interval, based on Lebanon’s well being ministry.
By Friday, 30,000 folks had crossed into Syria, based on the UNHCR.
Its consultant in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, stated round 80% have been Syrian nationals and 20% have been Lebanese.
“Most are women and children, although some males have crossed. About half are children and adolescents,” he advised reporters.
He burdened the fleeing folks have been “arriving in a country that has been suffering from its own crisis and violence for more than 13 years, as well as from economic collapse.”
“People fleeing the bombing arrive in Syria exhausted, traumatized and in desperate need of help.”
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