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Lebanon registers more than half a million displaced by Israeli attacks


Displaced people on the Corniche in Beirut, March 7, 2026. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Lebanon's social affairs minister said on Sunday that more than half a million people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah.

In a press briefing, Haneen Sayyed said that the total number of people who registered on a website affiliated with the Ministry reached 517,000, including 117,228 in government shelters.

Lebanon's social affairs minister said on Sunday that more than half a million people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah.

In a press briefing, Haneen Sayyed said that the total number of people who registered on a website affiliated with the Ministry reached 517,000, including 117,228 in government shelters.