Bombing of Beirut adds to Lebanon’s ‘mass displacement crisis’

We just heard a huge explosion. We are at one of the entrances to Beirut’s southern suburbs. Neighbourhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs came under heavy fire late yesterday. Twelve hours of intense bombardments. We can see some people making their way back inside. These are people who left their homes in a hurry last night and who are now returning to retrieve whatever they can get from their homes. There is a lot of fear here. The roads are nearly empty. This area on a normal day would be packed with cars and a lot of traffic because this is a densely populated area. We’ve been driving around the Lebanese capital for the past two hours and you see people in parks, in public squares and along the beach, and even on the side of the roads. They have nowhere to go. This is a mass displacement crisis already since Monday when Israel began its intensive and extensive air strikes targeting Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds in the east and south of the country. It displaced more than 100,000 people. That’s added to the 110,000 who were already displaced in 11 months of fighting. Now this is a new wave of displacement that is causing more strain on a nearly cash-strapped government. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #IsraelStrikes #LebanonConflict #Hezbollah #LebaneseDisplacement #LebanonCrisis #LebanonHealthMinistry #SouthernLebanon #LebanonBombing #LebanonWar #IsraeliAirstrikes #LebanonHumanitarianCrisis #LebanonCeasefireCalls