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300,000 Displaced in Beirut Amidst Strikes and Crisis

3/8/2026

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  • Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs displaced about 300,000 people, including Sudanese refugee Ridina Muhammad and her family.
  • They fled to St. Joseph Tabaris Parish, one of the few shelters accepting refugees.
  • Muhammad, eight months pregnant, says medical support is inadequate.
  • The UNHCR, only 14% funded, struggles to assist the growing number of displaced people.
  • Othman Yahyeh Dawood, another refugee, said, 'there's war everywhere, and nowhere else to go'.