The Country Director of CARE International in Lebanon, Michael Adams, describes the level of panic as 759,000 people have fled their homes due to constant bombing.
“The bombings happen every day, at every hour. Last night in Beirut, a city already sheltering hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes, few were able to sleep. Around midnight and again at dawn, around 5 a.m., several explosions and loud detonations shook the capital and its surroundings. Each blast deepens the fear, the panic, and the exhaustion people have been living with for ten days now, as the conflict escalates with increasing intensity.
The bombings in the south of the country also intensified throughout the day yesterday.
Across the country, 759,000 people have already fled their homes and are seeking refuge in schools converted into shelters, as well as in the streets or in their cars, as many shelters are quickly reaching their maximum capacity.
CARE is working around the clock to increase emergency distributions to [people who have been internally displaced].”