Lebanon sheltering more than 134,000 displaced people

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Lebanese authorities have provided an update on the number of people in state shelters amid the ongoing Israeli attacks, Al Jazeera reports.

A total of 134,377 people are currently in 644 shelters, the Disaster Risk Management Unit operating under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers has said, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.

The figure includes a total of 34,074 families.

Nearly one in five people in Lebanon — more than one million people — have been displaced after Israel renewed its attacks on Lebanon.

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