Slaughterhouses and hospitals turn into shelters for displaced people from southern Lebanon news

After the shelter centers became crowded with those displaced by the Israeli war, the displaced from southern Lebanon are forced to take refuge in buildings that were once abandoned, such as slaughterhouses and hospitals, amid very difficult humanitarian conditions.

The United Nations confirms – according to what was reported by the Associated Press – that 150,000 out of 1.2 million displaced people live in camps inside Lebanon.

A report by Tamer Al-Sammadi highlighted the suffering of the displaced in light of the transformation of some places into emergency shelters for hundreds of displaced families in the capital, Beirut.

Tens of thousands of families in southern Lebanon left their homes after Israel destroyed them, and took refuge in official shelter centers. After these centers were full, displaced people took refuge in abandoned buildings in the capital, Beirut.

According to the report, more than a million Lebanese were forced to seek refuge in schools and tents.

Buildings that were inhabited during the civil war, then abandoned, are reopened today to house families displaced by the ongoing Israeli aggression.

The case of Hajja Fatima reflects the tragic conditions of the displaced. She was displaced from the south due to the Israeli aggression, and she and her husband found themselves in a place where humidity and rodents were widespread and there was no air.

As for Hajja Fatima’s husband, his illness made him crippled, adding to his suffering. His wife says that his condition does not allow him to sleep on the floor.

Slaughterhouse and hospital

The suffering doubles when the displaced are forced to search for a safe haven, even if it is an abandoned slaughterhouse or a hospital. What is important is not to remain in the streets and roads.

One of the slaughterhouses, which had been damaged and filled in in the Beirut port explosion, was opened for hundreds of displaced people, and the relief official at the “Joy of Giving” association, Cynthia Mahdi, says that the place had been abandoned for 20 years, and is being used today to shelter the displaced.

The Middle East Hospital, which was long abandoned and out of service, is today used as a refuge for those displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut and the south.

The hospital, which used to provide healing, turned into a place to shelter the Lebanese, but without water, electricity, or enough to sustain life, says Amira, who was one of the first to enter the place, coming with her family from the southern suburbs.

Amira confirmed that about 500 people, or 120 families, are currently residing in the hospital, and the number has increased after the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.

Since March 2, Israel has been waging an aggression against Lebanon. On April 17, a 10-day truce began, then it was extended until May 17, but Israel violates it daily, through bloody bombing and massive bombing of homes in dozens of villages in southern Lebanon.