Evacuees say food 'scarce' in Lebanon [View All]

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From The Age.com (Aussie newspaper):

Evacuees fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon say they fear that family and friends left behind are running out of food as the United Nations announced the start of a major relief operation.

Fewer boats carrying evacuees are expected to arrive in Cypriot and Turkish ports as attention turns to the far greater number of people who lack the means to leave Lebanon.

"Everybody where I lived is running out of bread, food, water, money. It's very bad," said Mohammad Kaleb, a 29-year-old Australian, as he came ashore in Cyprus from a boat that had carried 750 people to safety.

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UN emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland, returning to Cyprus after a fact-finding trip to Beirut, said the world body would start its first large convoy of aid supplies on Wednesday and a second would leave on Friday.

"We will be going every second day from then on... There is no more time, aid is long overdue," he told reporters.

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