A displaced mother carries no bags: the story of Khadija

Israel’s intensified airstrikes across Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern Lebanon are causing deaths, injuries, and widespread displacement.

Blanket forced displacement orders, alongside ongoing strikes and incursions, are forcing families to flee repeatedly, often with nowhere safe to go. Many are left stranded in the streets or trapped in their towns.

In the Chouf district near southern Lebanon, where thousands of families have sought refuge, MSF has set up emergency mobile-clinic activities and is supporting shelters to help address urgent health and basic needs. Many of the families we meet there—especially mothers and children, like Khadija and her children—have been displaced time and time again, carrying exhaustion and fear on top of immediate medical needs.