About 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes by Israel's bombardment and invasion, the Lebanese government says. They fill the public spaces around Beirut – footpaths, squares, churchyards and schools.
Some have pitched tents, which sit incongruously on the footpath next to people fishing and socialising.
She is now sleeping on the Corniche, Beirut's waterfront strip, in front of fancy hotels and restaurants. "I feel pain inside that I can't describe. As you can see, we've been here since Friday. Soon it will rain. Where can we go? We just need shelter."Many of the displaced feel Israel has targeted civilians — something the Israel Defense Forces denies — and is deliberately destroying their homes.
"Many massacres happened in front of me. My neighbours are under the rubble. I tried to rescue them and I couldn't. Both my legs were injured and I was forced to leave. It has accused the group of building weapons production facilities and other infrastructure underneath residential buildings in southern Beirut and has been warning residents to leave.
"Aid is coming, but even the aid we are receiving today is not up to speed that we need to support the displaced people.""It's a very sad thing that we had to leave our land and our home because of the war, but of course we will be victorious, and even if our houses are destroyed, we will build them again and live there," 11-year-old Lama Ali Brayteh, from Baalbek, told the ABC.
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