More than 850 shelters have opened across Lebanon and 'the needs are great right across the country', a UN aid agency has told SBS News.
United Nations aid agencies in Lebanon are trying to shelter large numbers of displaced people as Israeli airstrikes on Beirut continue and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates on Lebanon's southern border. Israel's military urged residents of over 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately on Thursday as it pressed on with an incursion after suffering its worst losses in a year of fighting the Iran-backed militant group.
There has been too much damage to civilian infrastructure, and civilians have been "bearing the great brunt of what's been going on," he said. Both Israel and Hamas say the Lebanon conflict could help end the Gaza conflict, but some analysts, officials from mediating countries, and Gazans are reportedly sceptical.
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