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At least 517,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon after a week of escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the Lebanese government, though officials acknowledge the true scale of the displacement is almost certainly larger.
The figure includes only those who registered through the government's online portal, leaving an unknown number of displaced people uncounted.
Lebanon's cash-strapped government has struggled to accommodate the mass movement of civilians fleeing their homes across large swaths of southern and eastern Lebanon.
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Israel has issued evacuation calls to residents in dozens of villages across southern Lebanon over the past week, while also ordering the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate as military operations intensify. The southern suburbs, widely known as Dahiyeh, have long been considered a stronghold of Hezbollah and are home to a dense civilian population.
Lebanon has faced compounding economic and political crises in recent years, including a severe financial collapse that began in 2019 and eroded public services and infrastructure. The new wave of displacement places additional pressure on a state already struggling to meet the basic needs of its population.
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