Close to 1.2 million people in Lebanon—roughly one in five residents—have been displaced amid the escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict, a top United Nations official said on April 8.
Imran Riza, the deputy special coordinator in Lebanon, estimated an “unprecedented” 1.2 million have been displaced since early March, adding that 1,530 people have been killed, including 130 children.
“It is a huge civilian tragedy,” Riza said. “There is absolutely no doubt about it.”
While the United States negotiated a two-week ceasefire with Iran, that agreement doesn’t include Lebanon, said officials.
“The Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t,” said Vice President JD Vance, according to the White House rapid response on X. “We never made that promise. We never indicated that was going to be the case.”…