According to the UN, serious Israeli attacks have already begun in Lebanon “Significantly more” than 30,000 people fled to neighboring Syria. About 80 percent are Syrian citizens, the others are predominantly Lebanese, said Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Syria. He spoke from the Lebanese-Syrian border via video link to reporters in Geneva.
A day earlier, according to official estimates, there were only 13,500 people, who, in desperation, sought safety in Syria. “Both Syrians and Lebanese are moving from a country at war to a country that has been facing crises and conflict for 13 years,” said Vargas Llosa. “It is difficult to imagine what an incredibly difficult decision that is.”
According to the UN, 110,000 people in Lebanon were already displaced before the latest escalation. Been since last week 118,000 added said Imran Riza, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
