Lebanon’s port Tyre becomes another hub for people fleeing conflict.
Two refugee women and their children pass time in the courtyard of the Tyre Technical School in Tyre, Lebanon on October 19, 2023. Several UN-schools in South Lebanon are currently sheltering Lebanese communities that were internally displaced due to the increase in violence between Israel and Lebanon at the Southern Lebanese border. TYRE, Lebanon — Mohammed Fattouh didn’t wait for the war to possibly reach his own backyard in southern Lebanon.
At least a dozen Hezbollah fighters have been killed by Israeli shelling, the militia group announced. Hezbollah has released videos showing snipers destroying Israeli surveillance cameras along the heavily fortified border zone. Israel has also announced several infiltration efforts from Lebanon, which it said it foiled.The border area is typically the stage where tensions normally play out between Israel, Hezbollah and Palestinian groups it backs.
About 1,500 people, including Fattouh and Wafaa, were given shelter in Tyre’s Technical School. This influx is being overseen by the Crisis Management Unit, a municipal body formed after the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.In 2006, Fattouh made it to Safra, a mountainous village some 90 miles north of his village. Now, he plans to go as far north as possible, as long as he can guarantee shelter for himself and his daughter.
“I’ll go to Tripoli if I can,” he said, referring to the northernmost city in Lebanon. He made sure he had packed their passports, and a court decision that shows he has custody of his daughter.
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