01:48Families displaced from southern Lebanon due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes arrived at temporary shelters in schools in Aley, near Beirut, on Tuesday.
Footage shows people carrying their luggage and civil defence vehicles filling the school's water tanks.
"By God, we left at midday and arrived here at 2 am due to heavy shelling; missiles were flying over our heads," one displaced person stated.
"We left the village at 11 o'clock and arrived at 4 a.m. We suffered a lot due to traffic, the heat, and the scarcity of water. The children were also exhausted," another added.
"As a crisis cell, we are trying to obtain sufficient information to secure resources for all people," said local worker Marwa Fakih. "As you can see, there are a lot of people, so we have opened all schools in Aley to receive people coming to us from various locations throughout Lebanon. We make every effort to assist and meet their needs."
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon, and called on civilians to evacuate from southern areas and Bakaa.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 558 people killed and 1,835 injured at the time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
'Missiles flying over our heads' - Families from southern Lebanon relocate to Aley schools near Beirut following Israeli airstrikes
Families displaced from southern Lebanon due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes arrived at temporary shelters in schools in Aley, near Beirut, on Tuesday.
Footage shows people carrying their luggage and civil defence vehicles filling the school's water tanks.
"By God, we left at midday and arrived here at 2 am due to heavy shelling; missiles were flying over our heads," one displaced person stated.
"We left the village at 11 o'clock and arrived at 4 a.m. We suffered a lot due to traffic, the heat, and the scarcity of water. The children were also exhausted," another added.
"As a crisis cell, we are trying to obtain sufficient information to secure resources for all people," said local worker Marwa Fakih. "As you can see, there are a lot of people, so we have opened all schools in Aley to receive people coming to us from various locations throughout Lebanon. We make every effort to assist and meet their needs."
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon, and called on civilians to evacuate from southern areas and Bakaa.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 558 people killed and 1,835 injured at the time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
Families displaced from southern Lebanon due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes arrived at temporary shelters in schools in Aley, near Beirut, on Tuesday.
Footage shows people carrying their luggage and civil defence vehicles filling the school's water tanks.
"By God, we left at midday and arrived here at 2 am due to heavy shelling; missiles were flying over our heads," one displaced person stated.
"We left the village at 11 o'clock and arrived at 4 a.m. We suffered a lot due to traffic, the heat, and the scarcity of water. The children were also exhausted," another added.
"As a crisis cell, we are trying to obtain sufficient information to secure resources for all people," said local worker Marwa Fakih. "As you can see, there are a lot of people, so we have opened all schools in Aley to receive people coming to us from various locations throughout Lebanon. We make every effort to assist and meet their needs."
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had launched ‘intensive and precise strikes against 'terrorist targets' across Lebanon, and called on civilians to evacuate from southern areas and Bakaa.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported 558 people killed and 1,835 injured at the time of publication.
Hezbollah also conducted strikes on Israeli military areas in northern Israel, with Israel media reporting more than 200 rockets fired.
Tensions escalated over the past week following the mass explosions of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah, with subsequent Israeli strikes on the south of the country and rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border shelling with Hezbollah, and Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.