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UN Refugee Agency chief condemns crisis in Lebanon
5 October 2024 19:09 BST
Unhcr chief Filippo Grandi stated on X that “Lebanon faces a terrible crisis” as “hundreds of thousands of people are left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes.”
The Lebanese government reported that up to 1.2 million people could be displaced across the country as a result of the Israeli invasion.
I have just landed in Beirut as Lebanon faces a terrible crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people are left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes.
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) October 5, 2024
I have come here in solidarity with those affected, to support the humanitarian effort and to ask for more international help. pic.twitter.com/QdZOWAfqRC