Beirut, Lebanon, March 5, 2026 (AFP) - Afraid and angry, Lebanese gather on a Beirut beach after fleeing suburb en masse

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2026-03-05

On a Beirut beach, hundreds of families mill around, some spreading blankets on the pavement and sand after fleeing in haste following an unprecedented Israeli warning to evacuate the city's nearby southern suburbs. Most of the displaced -- who having nowhere else to go gathered at Ramlet al-Baida beach -- share the same look of anger. "We fled from the suburbs, we were humiliated," one man tells AFP, refusing to give his name. "We'll sleep on......

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