Displaced families gather in Lebanon’s Sidon after Israeli evacuation warnings

The coastal city of Sidon in southern Lebanon saw an influx of displaced people on Wednesday after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for Tyre and surrounding areas a day earlier.

The Lebanese University campus in Sidon opened its doors to those fleeing the Tyre district, initially without basic supplies, the Associated Press reported.

“Unfortunately, we had to accommodate them without mattresses or blankets at first,” shelter organiser Saad Ghazzawi said.