Lebanon - Humanitarian aid

The strikes that have targeted southern Lebanon and Beirut since March 2026 mark a new dramatic escalation in the country. The bombings continue with increasing intensity in a country already deeply wounded. At the time of writing, dozens of people have been killed. Thousands of families are fleeing their homes.

“This escalation is devastating for civilian populations, particularly those who are already living in precarious conditions. We are seeing thousands of people fleeing their homes in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, and other affected areas, many of them with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. Children, women, girls, and elderly people are among those forced to leave everything behind, seeking refuge in overcrowded communities and shelters, while essential services struggle to meet growing needs,” says Michael Adams, Director of CARE in Lebanon.

These families are leaving in emergency conditions, abandoning everything behind. They are finding refuge in schools converted into reception centers. 210 schools have been urgently turned into shelters to accommodate displaced families. More than 130 of them are already full.

Under evacuation orders of unprecedented scale, more than one million people have been forcibly displaced in Lebanon in just two weeks. This is one of the fastest population movements in the country’s history. It is creating immense psychological trauma among a population already exhausted, pushed to the brink by five years of overlapping and unresolved crises. Mass forced displacement and airstrikes continue to threaten the lives and well-being of millions of people.