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Eid away from home: Displaced Lebanese struggle in overcrowded Beirut shelters

As the war between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah continues, displaced Lebanese told Euronews they marked the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr in overcrowded Beirut shelters, lacking food, water and medical care, as families remain scattered and homes destroyed in a widening humanitarian crisis.

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00:01On the first day of Eid, Euronews visited a shelter in Beirut, where a striking contrast
00:07between harsh conditions and simple attempts to preserve social traditions stood out.
00:12Amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, resources for displaced people in Lebanon remain limited.
00:18Residents complain of irregular aid and unequal distribution. Children lack
00:23recreational activities while the elderly lack necessary medical care. Euronews spoke
00:28to some of the residents, some of whom describe feeling heartache as they long for their destroyed
00:33homes.
00:58We are not worried about them and not to have any problems.
01:01And, Alhamdulillah, there are many people in the country who live in the forest, and
01:06they are living in the forest.
01:08And many people are living in the forest, and in the forest.
01:09And here, there is an important thing for us to be able to do with the
01:13herbs and herbs for the children's children.
01:16I don't know how it works.
01:17So, something's wrong is the only one this day I have to look.
01:22I don't want to see any time, and I'm not sure of the heating.
01:26So, I just want my own hands.
01:29If you guys are watching today the world ofhmers,
01:32I'm a family of 1.5 and 2.5.
01:34I don't just have a family of entĂŁos.
01:37I believe that we are the people that of actually
01:38they're not only the wealth of my own,
01:41they're the people that come from some 6-6 years.
02:04Lebanese authorities reported that the number of displaced people registered in shelters
02:09has surpassed 100,000, distributed across 644 shelters throughout the country.
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