In Photos: 'Tens of thousands' have fled strikes in Lebanon
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Geneva: The United Nations said Tuesday that tens of thousands of people had fled their homes in Lebanon since Monday, amid Israeli strikes. We ar...
Geneva: The United Nations said Tuesday that tens of thousands of people had fled their homes in Lebanon since Monday, amid Israeli strikes.
"We are gravely concerned about the serious escalation in the attacks that we saw yesterday," UN refugee agency spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh told reporters in Geneva.
"Tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes yesterday and overnight, and the numbers continue to grow," he said.
Israeli air strikes killed at least 492 people on Monday, including 35 children, according to Lebanon's health ministry, marking the deadliest bombardment in nearly two decades.