About one-fifth of Lebanese people are forced to flee their homes.

The UN Refugee Agency said in a statement released on March 27 that since the escalation of the Lebanon–Israel conflict on March 2, Lebanon has been facing a steadily worsening humanitarian crisis. More than 1 million people have already been forced to flee their homes, accounting for about one-fifth of the country’s population. The statement said that displacement was initially concentrated in southern Lebanon and in the Bekaa region in the east, but it has now spread to Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, and to areas in the north, and the scale is still continuing to expand. The statement said displaced people lack safety guarantees. Israel previously carried out airstrikes on densely populated areas in downtown Beirut, and one bomb fell just one block away from a shelter for displaced people. Continued attacks have left local residents trapped in long-lasting panic, and children have suffered particularly severe psychological trauma. The statement also said that at the same time, several key bridges in southern Lebanon have been destroyed, and in some areas external connections have been cut off; more than 150,000 people are cut off from the outside world, and the delivery of humanitarian aid supplies has been severely hindered. (CCTV News)