Beirut, LEBANON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese displaced by the escalating war between Israel and Hezbollah have poured into Beirut, seeking refuge wherever space is available.

Families from southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of the capital known as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah has its main operations and support base, are now living in makeshift tents along the Beirut corniche, in classrooms turned into shelters, a sports stadium and even inside hospitals.

Entire communities have been uprooted, forced to flee their homes as airstrikes and evacuation orders have emptied villages and neighborhoods. The sudden influx into Beirut has transformed public spaces and strained limited resources.

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Children displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Displaced children from Beirut's southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut’s southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut’s southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A woman displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Displaced women with their children from Beirut's southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut’s southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut’s southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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