ifty-year-old Mustafa Ibrahim al-Sayyed, displaced with his family from the southern Lebanese village of Beit Lif, is now sheltering in a school in the city of Tyre that has been converted into a refuge for displaced families.

"The situation is still very bad," the father of eleven told Reuters on Monday (March 30), adding that no one knew what would happen next.

Alwan Sharafeddine, deputy head of Tyre municipality, said more than 20,000 people have been displaced across the Tyre governorate.

Lebanon was sucked into the war in the Middle East on March 2, when the Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah opened fire in support of Iran, igniting an Israeli offensive that has killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon and displaced over 1 million.

More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon in just three weeks, as intensified Israeli strikes and mass evacuation orders trigger one of the fastest and largest population displacements in the country's history, UN officials said on Friday (March 27).

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TYRE, LEBANON (MARCH 30, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED, HAVING A MEAL WITH HIS CHILDREN AT A SCHOOL-TURNED-SHELTER

2. TEAPOT

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED, 50, SAYING:

"About a year and four months ago (referring to the 2024 Hezbollah-Israel war) I was staying here, then I went up there (referring to Beit Lif). I endured what I endured, and we fixed up the house a bit and stayed in it. There is no work up there."

4. VARIOUS OF SAYYED'S CHILDREN

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED 50, SAYING:

"We suffered a lot up there, with no money and no assistance. I wanted to return to Tyre, to stay in Tyre, but they told me there were no spots available in the schools. So I came back here the next day (referring to March 2 when the Hezbollah-Israel escalation occurred). Life has been difficult."

6. SAYYED'S CHILDREN AT THE SHELTER

7. BLANKETS AND BELONGINGS

8. SAYYED HOLDING HIS CHILD, AS HIS OTHER CHILDREN ARE WALKING PAST THEM

9. BLANKET AND BELONGINGS

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED, SAYING:

"We're living here, and no one knows what's going to happen to them. The situation is still very bad. Even here in Tyre, conditions aren't good. The children are stuck inside and can't go anywhere."

11. VARIOUS OF SAYYED'S CHILDREN EATING

12. SAYYED STANDING

13. SAYYED'S FAMILY BELONGINGS

14. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING BY UNION OF TYRE MUNICIPALITIES BUILDING / PEOPLE CARRYING AID BOXES

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEPUTY HEAD OF TYRE MUNICIPALITY, ALWAN SHARAFEDDINE, SAYING:

"Among the steadfast residents of Tyre, in addition to the displaced people who got displaced from the villages of the Tyre governorate, there are approximately 20,000 to 25,000 displaced people. As you know, in shelters, we have about 4,000 displaced people in 13 shelters, and there are 17,000 people who were displaced from outside the city of Tyre. Those who are steadfast in Tyre, are still in their homes, in their houses. We as the Tyre municipality, are working to deliver them aid food to their homes, which are essential for their resilience so they can remain steadfast and stay in their homes."

16. HEAD OF TYRE'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, MORTADA MHANNA, SITTING IN HIS COMPUTER NEXT TO RED CROSS PERSONNEL

17. MAN REGISTERING TWO DISPLACED PEOPLE

18. VARIOUS OF RED CROSS PERSONNEL ON THEIR LAPTOPS

19. MHANNA TALKING IN PHONE

20. HAND WRITING ON PAPER

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF TYRE'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, MORTADA MHANNA, SAYING:

"The large number is of (displaced) people outside the shelters, I'm talking to you today about approximately 3,250 (to) 3,300 families, are outside the shelters, and it's difficult for us to provide them with supplies and necessities. We're giving every five people, three mattresses and two or three blankets. All the people need..., specially that it's cold, to keep warm so they can sleep. We don't have the resources to give them that. That's the problem we're facing."

22. AID BOXES IN MUNICIPALITY'S STORAGE / DISPLACED MAN TAKING BLANKET

23. VARIOUS OF BLANKETS AND AID BOXES

24. VARIOUS OF AID BOXES / PEOPLE WALKING WITH BOXES IN HANDS