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Oct 2024
16m 33s

One million in Lebanon are now displaced...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

As conflict with Israel intensifies, Lebanon is in shock with more than a million people displaced after orders from Israel for ‘evacuation’. How have people relied on each other – and what do they do when there is nowhere safe to go?

In this episode: 

  • Sally Abou AlJoud (@JoudSally), Journalist, L'Orient Today

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili with Phillip Lanos, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenberg and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is the Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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