02:45While a day at the beach might sound idyllic, a life living there is something quite different - as many of those fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the south of Lebanon have discovered.
With shelters filling up, men, women and children have been forced to use the shores to pitch camp and manage as best they can.
"We have created a makeshift evacuation point for the displaced, for several reasons, first, to leave the highway for ambulances when evacuating injured people - and for them not to stay on roads," explained Jad al-Rayes from the NGO, Operation Big Blue, which primarily deals with coastal and marine conservation.
"We co-ordinated with the operation rooms to transport them to the shelters, but on the night of September 27, when the major strike occurred, a massive displacement of people began, which led to shelters and schools in Beirut and Mount Lebanon becoming filled up faster than expected, and several families had no choice but to stay here (the seashore) from 27 until today."
He added that a number of organisations were providing essentials like food and baby milk, as well as the likes of Doctors Without Borders providing support and medicines.
Footage from Thursday shows a large number of tents, with people attempting to find water and do laundry, as well as youngsters playing in the sea.
On September 30, Lebanese Environment Minister and Emergency Committee head Naser Yassin stated that the estimated number of displaced people had exceeded one million, calling it "one of the world's largest humanitarian situations."
The Lebanese authorities say there are 850 shelters throughout the country, with some displaced people staying with relatives.
Israel's latest wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets began on September 23, with more than 1,200 people killed and over 7,000 injured at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which it said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Life's no beach - Displaced people camp out on Lebanon shores as shelters reach breaking point
While a day at the beach might sound idyllic, a life living there is something quite different - as many of those fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the south of Lebanon have discovered.
With shelters filling up, men, women and children have been forced to use the shores to pitch camp and manage as best they can.
"We have created a makeshift evacuation point for the displaced, for several reasons, first, to leave the highway for ambulances when evacuating injured people - and for them not to stay on roads," explained Jad al-Rayes from the NGO, Operation Big Blue, which primarily deals with coastal and marine conservation.
"We co-ordinated with the operation rooms to transport them to the shelters, but on the night of September 27, when the major strike occurred, a massive displacement of people began, which led to shelters and schools in Beirut and Mount Lebanon becoming filled up faster than expected, and several families had no choice but to stay here (the seashore) from 27 until today."
He added that a number of organisations were providing essentials like food and baby milk, as well as the likes of Doctors Without Borders providing support and medicines.
Footage from Thursday shows a large number of tents, with people attempting to find water and do laundry, as well as youngsters playing in the sea.
On September 30, Lebanese Environment Minister and Emergency Committee head Naser Yassin stated that the estimated number of displaced people had exceeded one million, calling it "one of the world's largest humanitarian situations."
The Lebanese authorities say there are 850 shelters throughout the country, with some displaced people staying with relatives.
Israel's latest wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets began on September 23, with more than 1,200 people killed and over 7,000 injured at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which it said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
While a day at the beach might sound idyllic, a life living there is something quite different - as many of those fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the south of Lebanon have discovered.
With shelters filling up, men, women and children have been forced to use the shores to pitch camp and manage as best they can.
"We have created a makeshift evacuation point for the displaced, for several reasons, first, to leave the highway for ambulances when evacuating injured people - and for them not to stay on roads," explained Jad al-Rayes from the NGO, Operation Big Blue, which primarily deals with coastal and marine conservation.
"We co-ordinated with the operation rooms to transport them to the shelters, but on the night of September 27, when the major strike occurred, a massive displacement of people began, which led to shelters and schools in Beirut and Mount Lebanon becoming filled up faster than expected, and several families had no choice but to stay here (the seashore) from 27 until today."
He added that a number of organisations were providing essentials like food and baby milk, as well as the likes of Doctors Without Borders providing support and medicines.
Footage from Thursday shows a large number of tents, with people attempting to find water and do laundry, as well as youngsters playing in the sea.
On September 30, Lebanese Environment Minister and Emergency Committee head Naser Yassin stated that the estimated number of displaced people had exceeded one million, calling it "one of the world's largest humanitarian situations."
The Lebanese authorities say there are 850 shelters throughout the country, with some displaced people staying with relatives.
Israel's latest wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets began on September 23, with more than 1,200 people killed and over 7,000 injured at time of publication, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Last Friday, an attack on Beirut's southern suburb killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and others. Iran launched a wave of missiles on Tuesday, which it said was in response to that assassination and others.
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated in mid of September after mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah. The group has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.