UK sends aid, says displacement of Lebanese 'unacceptable'
Britain is sending 5 million pounds ($6.6 million) to humanitarian organizations in Lebanon.
The funds are intended to help provide food, water and shelter for some of the more than 800,000 people displaced by the Israeli war.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said she is "gravely concerned about the developing conflict in Lebanon and the scale of the humanitarian impact."
She condemned Hezbollah’s strikes on Israel and also said the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese people by Israeli operations "is completely unacceptable."
Cooper said the U.K. is working with European allies and the U.S. to prevent the conflict from escalating.
Source: Associated Press
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