Overview
- Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes have driven more than 1 million people from their homes, with the health ministry reporting 968 deaths since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed.
- Displaced families are sheltering in schools, a Beirut stadium, and along seafronts, where aid groups provide medical care, blankets, and iftar meals.
- The World Food Programme says it has served more than 500,000 hot meals in Lebanon since March 2 as officials warn that funding and needs are out of balance.
- Israeli evacuation orders for Beirut’s southern suburbs and intensified bombardment have scattered families and disrupted Ramadan worship and gatherings.
- In Gaza, closures of border crossings after February’s regional flare-up pushed up prices and caused shortages, forcing households to improvise Eid baking over wood fires as gas remains scarce.