"A charitable community kitchen in Beirut has launched an initiative to provide meals for 750 people displaced by the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. Footage filmed on Sunday shows women preparing meals for displaced families. The initiative stands out because the kitchen is located inside a shelter centre, rather than outside of it. Most other kitchens prepare food at a separate location and then deliver it to the shelter. "The idea is not new but had originally emerged during the 2024 war and expanded across multiple shelter centres. The idea occurred to me while I was visiting these centres and noticing that displaced families had grown tired of the delivered ready-made meals. So, I thought, 'Why not open field kitchens directly inside the shelters?'" Farah Ataoui, the kitchen's director, highlighted the concept. She further noted that after the previous conflict ended they 'packed up our equipment and stored it in warehouses', adding, "Regrettably, the war re-erupted, but fortunately the equipment had been kept safely in storage. So we began using it and resumed our work: cooking, training staff, and preparing these kitchens once more. Our goal is to reach every shelter centre in Lebanon, God willing." Ahmad Hammadi, an official at the shelter centre, elaborated on the aim of this kitchen, saying, "We opened this kitchen first and foremost for the displaced people here. There are around 750 residents at the centre, but we hope to expand the kitchen so it can also serve the displaced people and others outside as well." "It's also important to have a kitchen where we can eat and see how the food is prepared. Sometimes meals are delivered with no idea whatsoever of how they were made. On some days the meals arrive cold and unclean," Maram Hassan, a displaced person, shared. The total number of internally displaced people since the outbreak of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict has reached 830,441, according to Lebanon's Disaster Risk Management Unit. The latest development in Lebanon comes after the intervention of Hezbollah in the conflict between Tehran and Israel and the US' response to the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. The party has announced that 'resuming attacks' came in response to the Israeli strikes on Lebanon."