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© France 24 06:48 Humanitarian crisis looming: 300,000 displaced as Israeli army pounds Lebanon Middle East Issued on: 07/03/2026 - 11:50
The war has also expanded into Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group, and Israel is continuing.Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before launching heavy strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimate that more than 300,000 Lebanese civilians have so far evacuated their villages in southern Lebanon.The Secretary General of the Lebanese Red Cross, Georges Kettaneh, explains why the real number of displaced civilians could be thousands higher.
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