Overview
- More than 800,000 people — roughly 15% of the population — have fled their homes since Israel’s offensive began on March 2 after Hezbollah fired rockets.
- Lebanese authorities say only about 132,000 displaced people are in collective shelters, with many sleeping in trucks, under tarpaulins, and in schools, stadiums, and churches.
- The health ministry reports at least 850 people killed and more than 2,100 wounded since March 2, including 107 children and 66 women.
- The United Nations has launched a $308 million flash appeal, while local institutions such as the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary near Beirut shelter about 170 people.
- Israel says two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon, and there have been no reported fatalities inside Israel from Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks since March 2.