A volunteer accompanies displaced children at a shelter in Sidon, southern Lebanon, on Oct. 2, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
BEIRUT, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers.
According to the report, most displaced individuals have relocated to their homes in other areas, stayed with family, rented accommodations, or found shelter in public or private spaces, while thousands of others traveled by air or crossed into Syria.
From September 23 to September 29, the crossing of 234,023 Syrians and 76,269 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory was recorded, it added.
The report notes that 867 centers have been established to receive displaced persons across Lebanon, with 643 of them reaching their maximum capacity.
Israel has recently intensified its airstrikes on Beirut and its suburbs to target Hezbollah officials and facilities while simultaneously managing to push into Lebanon in what it said was a "limited" ground military operation.
The Israeli airstrikes forced residents from southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs, to leave their homes in search of shelter in safer areas.
Confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have sharply escalated after the latter announced a shift in military focus from the Gaza Strip to the northern front in mid-September. ■
Volunteers accompany displaced children at a shelter in Sidon, southern Lebanon, on Oct. 2, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
Displaced children play together at a shelter in Sidon, southern Lebanon, on Oct. 2, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
Volunteers accompany displaced children at a shelter in Sidon, southern Lebanon, on Oct. 2, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
Displaced people from southern Lebanon are seen in a shelter center in the town of Joub Jannine, Lebanon, Oct. 5, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
A woman from southern Lebanon is seen in a shelter center in the town of Joub Jannine, Lebanon, Oct. 5, 2024. The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
A woman washes clothes at a shelter center in Qaraoun, Lebanon, on Oct. 13, 2024.
The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released recently by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
Displaced people are seen in a shelter center in Qaraoun, Lebanon, on Oct. 13, 2024.
The total number of displaced persons in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes has risen to nearly 1.2 million, according to a report released recently by the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Lebanese Council of Ministers. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
