{"id":30655,"date":"2026-03-18T06:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30655"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:04:52","slug":"palestinian-refugees-face-new-displacement-as-israels-bombs-hit-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30655","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian refugees face new displacement as Israel\u2019s bombs hit Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lebanon\u2019s Palestinian refugees suffer amid war, facing insecurity and trauma, in camps under attack.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First aid responders work at the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted an area in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on March 8, 2026 [Mahmoud Zayyat\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>In 1948, Manal Matar\u2019s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in southern Lebanon. They\u2019ve lived there ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the early hours of March 2, Israeli forces began heavily attacking near their house, Manal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was bombing all around us,\u201d she said. Her family packed up and started heading north, with the violent sounds of explosions echoing around them. \u201cThe war was terrifying, and we were on the road for more than a day,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, they are staying with Manal\u2019s maternal aunt in the Beddawi refugee camp, in Tripoli, north Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manal is one of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon<\/a> now living out a generational trauma caused by Israeli displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod protect us that this situation won\u2019t last longer than this,\u201d she said, her voice giving in to exhaustion. Many Palestinians like Manal are aware that displacement is not necessarily temporary. \u201cGod willing, it ends,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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