UN warns of ‘occupation’ risk in southern Lebanon as 200,000 flee to Syria amid Israeli attacks

The UN relief chief warned on Thursday of a possible “occupation” in southern Lebanon as he said 200,000 refugees and displaced people have fled from Lebanon to Syria in recent weeks amid Israeli attacks, Anadolu reports. “About 200,000 refugees or displaced people have crossed the border in the last three or four weeks,” Tom Fletcher told the UN Security Council, adding that the vast majority, 175,000 of those, are Syrians coming home, while about 25,000 others are mainly Lebanese and Palestinians. He described a worsening humanitarian crisis, saying “one in five people in Lebanon is displaced right now,” amid Israel’s devastating military action and Hezbollah’s rocket fires. Fletcher said he saw “enormous destruction” and “active, coercive displacement,” warning: “We may […]