The Take: One million in Lebanon are now displaced. Where can they go?

Lebanon’s prime minister says as many as 1 million people have been displaced by Israel’s attacks across the country.

Displaced families gather near a church after spending the night there, fleeing the overnight Israeli strikes in Beirut, Lebanon September 28, 2024. [Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters]
Displaced families gather near a church after spending the night there, fleeing the overnight Israeli strikes in Beirut, Lebanon September 28, 2024 [Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters]

As the conflict with Israel intensifies, Lebanon is in shock, with more than a million people displaced after evacuation orders from Israel. How have people relied on each other – and what do they do when there is nowhere safe to go?

In this episode: 

  • Sally Abou AlJoud (@JoudSally), journalist, L’Orient Today

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili with Phillip Lanos, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenberg and our host, Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera

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