Israeli bombardment of Lebanon sends 100,000 fleeing to war-torn Syria: UN
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The UN Refugee Agency operates at four crossing points to assist those fleeing Lebanon for safety in Syria.
At least 100,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria fleeing Israel’s bombardment, the UN refugee agency’s chief said.
“The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes – Lebanese and Syrian nationals – has reached 100,000. The outflow continues,” UNHCR’s chief Filippo Grandi said in a post on X on Monday.
The UN agency is operating at four crossing points along with local authorities and the Syrian Red Crescent, Grandi noted.
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