Lebanon displacement will exceed 1.3 million with localized unrest over aid distribution within 30 days
With over 1 million already displaced, 968 killed, and Israeli strikes expanding into previously safer Beirut neighborhoods, Lebanon's displacement crisis is approaching the threshold where host-community infrastructure collapses. The most likely form of social stress is localized protests, roadblocks, or clashes at aid distribution points in Sidon, Mount Lebanon, and Beirut — not a unified national movement.
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