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Israel Bombing Drives Over a Million Displaced in Lebanon Amid Rising Casualties

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that over 600,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes on the country. This figure represents a sharp increase of more than 100,000 new displacements within just one day as Israel continues its relentless bombing campaign against Hezbollah since March 2nd this year has escalated into regional conflict with Iran and is now impacting civilians across northern Syria too where thousands have also fled their homes due to the violence.

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    Over 607,583 people have been displaced in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes as of March 12.
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    The UNHCR reported a significant increase of over 49.6 million new displacements globally since January.
[Mar 08, ?] Over 573 billion people were displaced in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes as reported by the UNHCR on March 12th at approximately noon UTC-4.