{"id":17706,"date":"2026-03-11T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=17706"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:49:31","slug":"war-returns-to-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/war-returns-to-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"War Returns to Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-residents-of-beirut-s-southern-suburbs-have-been-fleeing-by-the-tens-of-thousands-since-the-israeli-army-issued-an-evacuation-order-on-5-march-with-israeli-finance-minister-bezalel-smotrich-warning-these-suburbs-would-soon-look-like-khan-younis-the-devastated-city-in-the-gaza-strip\">The residents of Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs have been fleeing by the tens of thousands since the Israeli army issued an evacuation order on 5 March, with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warning these suburbs would soon look \u201clike Khan Younis,\u201d the devastated city in the Gaza Strip.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The designated evacuation areas are home to more than 700,000 people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order led to scenes of panic and massive traffic jams in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, as people fled to areas usually spared bombardment. It was the third wave of displacement in a week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families have been sleeping in cars or on mattresses on the pavement since 2 March, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in response to the Israeli-U.S. bombing of Iran and assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 28 February. Israel retaliated with missiles targeting southern Lebanon, the Bekaa and Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs \u2014 all areas with substantial Shiite Muslim inhabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"People seeing on a street next to bags.\" class=\"wp-image-17708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-1536x916.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1-1600x954.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_006H1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thousands of people, who fled Dahye, a southern suburb of Beirut, upon receiving an evacuation order from the Israeli army on 5 March, are now living in the streets of Beirut. (photo: Raghida Skaff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-was-a-night-of-pure-horror-said-ali-soueida-a-resident-of-beirut-s-southern-suburbs-where-he-his-wife-and-their-18-month-old-child-hussein-were-awakened-by-israeli-missiles-since-then-the-family-has-been-sleeping-in-a-car-they-borrowed-from-a-friend\">\u201cIt was a night of pure horror,\u201d said Ali Soueida, a resident of Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, where he, his wife and their 18-month-old child, Hussein, were awakened by Israeli missiles. Since then, the family has been sleeping in a car they borrowed from a friend.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI cannot sleep, I cannot fast and I cannot eat,\u201d his wife, Roubna, on 5 March, two weeks into Ramadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around them, families were sitting on chairs, on the ground or in their cars, their essential belongings packed in plastic bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across Lebanon, more than 500 shelters had opened as of 8 March, hosting about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/innocents-paying-the-price-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">110,000 displaced people in dire conditions<\/a>, with limited access to bathrooms or kitchens for cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassam Younes took refuge in Dekwaneh, an eastern suburb of Beirut, with his wife and four children. They fled their home in Dibl, a village three miles from the Israeli border. The 70-mile journey took 24 hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe roads were packed with people fleeing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were afraid Israel would bomb us. In moments like that, you only have God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Two children sitting on a street next to cardboards.\" class=\"wp-image-17709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_049H1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lebanese children, displaced by the Israeli military\u2019s evacuation orders, sit in Martyrs\u2019 Square in Beirut.(photo: Raghida Skaff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor now, we are staying with relatives. I found a flat to rent that costs $500, but I do not know how I will pay,\u201d said Mr. Younes, whose family was displaced by war in 2023 and again in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 5 March, Mr. Younes sought assistance at the center of&nbsp;the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret in the Beirut suburb of Nabaa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In crises, Lebanese families rely on one another; the state offers little help. However, said Sister Feryal Karam, who heads the sisters\u2019 social work program in Nabaa, \u201ceven when the displaced people are hosted by relatives, they are poor and they cannot afford the costs of hosting in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo far, 25 families reached out to us. It is the same families who fled the south to Nabaa during the escalation in 2024,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-new-escalation-was-so-sudden-that-we-have-nothing-to-support-them-the-organizations-funding-the-relief-response-are-currently-assessing-the-needs\">\u201cThis new escalation was so sudden that we have nothing to support them. The organizations funding the relief response are currently assessing the needs.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On 4 March, CNEWA\u2019s regional office in Beirut estimated the cost of supporting at least 6,000 families with blankets, mattresses, food packages, fuel and cash assistance at $1 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond housing, Mr. Younes said he urgently needs cash for medicine and fuel for his car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A religious sister shakes the hand of a woman sitting on a couch. Another man is sitting next to the woman.\" class=\"wp-image-17710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_032H1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sister Marie Touma, superior of the Antonine Sisters, speaks people who fled Hadath and have taken shelter at the convent. (photo: Raghida Skaff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May Karam fled her home in Hadath on 5 March, after Israel issued evacuation orders, and took refuge six miles away at the convent of the Antonine Sisters in Roumieh, where her daughter is a member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Karam shares a one-bedroom unit in the convent basement with eight members of her family, including her in-laws and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope that tomorrow will be better,\u201d Ms. Karam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The religious community also opened its doors to four sisters of the congregation, who run the Antonine Sisters high school in Nabatieh, one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI cried when we left the school,\u201d said Sister Marie Touma, superior of the Antonine Sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe went to the classrooms to open the windows, so they would not break under the bombardments, which was heartbreaking,\u201d she said. The school has 1,100 students; the majority are Muslim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For most of the 66-day war in 2024, she and another religious sister stayed at the school to help those who were displaced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-time-the-bombardment-was-immediately-very-heavy-so-we-left-she-said\">\u201cThis time, the bombardment was immediately very heavy, so we left,\u201d she said.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the ceasefire in November 2024, the sisters had returned to the school, despite more&nbsp;than 15,400 ceasefire violations&nbsp;by the Israeli army, constant presence of war planes and drone surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know when we will be able to come back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By late 9 March, the Qatar News Agency reported more than 480 people had been killed in Lebanon. Among the dead was the Maronite pastor in&nbsp;the Christian village of Qlayaa, the Rev. Pierre al-Rahi, who&nbsp;had refused to leave his community located a few miles from the Israeli border.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father Pierre was killed when attending to a parishioner who had suffered wounds from an earlier Israeli attack on the village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the full-scale war resumed on 2 March, around 490 people have been killed and more than 670,000 have fled their homes and communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70080,"featured_media":17707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3084,3083,63,2315],"class_list":["post-17706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-responding-to-human-needs","category-advocating-for-justice-peace","category-middle-east","category-lebanon"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>War Returns to Lebanon | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since the full-scale war resumed on 2 March, around 490 people have been killed and more than 670,000 have fled their homes and communities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/war-returns-to-lebanon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War Returns to Lebanon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the full-scale war resumed on 2 March, around 490 people have been killed and more than 670,000 have fled their homes and communities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CNEWA Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cnewacanada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T18:49:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/skaff202603_027H1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laure Delacloche\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cnewac\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cnewac\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laure Delacloche\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/war-returns-to-lebanon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/war-returns-to-lebanon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laure Delacloche\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/929839c5dd14a349dc51af681d8cf7ae\"},\"headline\":\"War Returns to Lebanon\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T18:49:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/war-returns-to-lebanon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":911,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/war-returns-to-lebanon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cnewa.org\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/skaff202603_027H1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Responding to Human Needs\",\"Advocating for Justice &amp; 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