100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UN

Geneva: Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, theUnited Nations refu...

Geneva: Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, the United Nations' refugee head said on Monday.

"The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes -- Lebanese and Syrian nationals -- has reached 100,000," Filippo Grandi said on X.

"The outflow continues," he warned.

He said his UN refugee agency (UNHCR) was "present at four crossing points, alongside local authorities and (the Syrian Red Crescent) to support new arrivals".

The mass displacement into war-torn Syria began a week ago, on September 23, the UNHCR told AFP on Saturday.