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"Syrian refugees in Beirut are refusing to leave Lebanon despite the ongoing war after being displaced twice, with many saying there is nothing left to go back to in Syria. Footage filmed on Friday shows Syrian refugees and displaced Lebanese sharing makeshift tents along a square in the capital after Israeli strikes drove families from their homes across the south of the country and the southern suburbs of the capital. A displaced man stated that his home in Syria was 'flattened' during the war, asking, "What can I do in Syria?" "We can't leave this country today because it offered us a lot, including food and water. So we had lived peacefully when this country was safe, how could we leave it when it is suffering the war? No, we live together or die together," another refugee shared. Latest official estimates indicate that around 1.5 million displaced Syrians remain in Lebanon, with reports revealing that 90 percent of Syrian refugee households live in extreme poverty. The Bekaa Valley remains the region with the highest number of them in Lebanon, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Since early March, around 65,000 Syrians have returned from Lebanon to Syria, according to the Syrian transitional government's General Authority for Ports and Customs. Tensions in Lebanon escalated after Hezbollah intervened following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, launching attacks against Israeli forces, who responded with strikes on southern villages and Beirut's southern suburbs."
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