We would like to express our deep thanks to your solidarity against the offensive attack of the Israeli against Lebanon and the Lebanese and Palestinian people.

More than hundreds killed and one thousands are injured. The attack on bridges, roads, airports and ships are cutting the country into pieces. Thousands of people are fleeing the country, and thousands are displaced to safer places, occupying schools and gardens. Even in the so called safe parts of the city  we can hear the bombs throughout the day and night, and electricity and water supplies are tenuous.

We call on you to protest at Israeli embassies and consulates, as we hear some groups are already doing. The Israeli government must be held accountable for it is criminal and terrorist actions here and in Palestine.

Concerning our camps, People living in the suburbs of the camps have been affected by the air raids; our center in Baalbak was partially affected by an attack on a petrol station nearby.

Some Lebanese displaced families are living in UNRWA schools in Rashidieh camp and in Beirut.

Many Palestinians from Shatila and Bourj el-Barajneh who are living outside the camps are fleeing to the center of the camp and the UNRWA schools, and others are leaving the camps.

Our centers are opened and some of the staff can reach their working areas; others are trapped. We are organizing to help to deal with the effects of the invasion. We are calling on you, brothers and sisters in the rest of the world for help.

Most Palestinian people in the camps are daily workers; they need medicines and food to survive.

We urgently need financial aid to buy the necessary supplies to help the displaced people here.

These are difficult days for everyone in Lebanon, but we are confident that with your support we can overcome this situation as we had done before.

Kassem Aina

Director

Beit Atfal as-Samoud