What Next | Daily News and Analysis Thousands Are Fleeing War in Lebanon. She Flew There.
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Mar 18, 2026 
Joshua Keating, Vox foreign policy reporter, explains how Hezbollah, Israel, and regional dynamics pulled Lebanon into wider fighting. Basma Alloush, IRC deputy director and field responder, shares on-the-ground scenes of displacement, flooded tents, and schools turned into shelters. They discuss airstrikes, ceasefires, buffer-zone aims, overcrowded shelters, disrupted schooling, and the uncertainty facing displaced families.
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Grandfather Living In A Tent After Daughter Gave Birth
- Basma Alloush describes visiting displaced families sleeping in schools and tents after Israeli strikes.
- She met a grandfather whose daughter gave birth in a shelter while he slept in a flooded tent and then a car until he could replace mattresses.
Israel Seized A Pretext To Escalate
- Josh Keating explains Israel responded far more massively to Hezbollah's limited rocket fire, suggesting Israel was poised to escalate.
- He traces this to a recent ceasefire that left Hezbollah weakened and Israel ready to 'mow the grass' again.
Displacement Far Greater In Lebanon Than Israel
- The campaign has hit predominantly Shiite areas and Beirut, producing nearly a million displaced while Israeli casualties and displacement remain far smaller.
- Israel frames strikes as targeting Hezbollah yet affects broad civilian infrastructure like bridges and neighborhoods.