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In heavy rain, Lebanese fleeing war huddle under makeshift shelters

More than 800,000 Lebanese displaced by the conflict shelter outdoors amid heavy rain as official shelters reach full capacity, Lebanese authorities reported.

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By Ahmed Kerdi BEIRUT/SIDON, March 15 (Reuters) – Hussain Murtada and his family are camping in the back of a small truck, a flimsy tarpaulin shielding them from a storm on Sunday, with no room left at shelters for displaced ​people in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. “We are putting tarp over ‌it because we’re soaked,” said Murtada, using string to fasten the plastic sheet over the back of the truck parked on the seafront. Inside, an infant…

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Hits on hotels, bombarded neighbourhoods, massive displacements... the war in Lebanon is causing psychosis. In the streets of Beirut, displaced people from the south sometimes find themselves treated as suspects pro-Hezbollah. Lebanese society finds itself torn between solidarity and the temptation to be wary of itself.

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Telavive responds to requests for peace with the conviction that peace talks are not possible with the Hezbollah radical group, while thousands of people in Lebanon now face the destruction of their homes and live without shelter.

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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