# Lebanon schools reopen as classrooms double as shelters for displaced families

https://mins.news/en/video/59438

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-15 14:37 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJowGxoFOo4

> Lebanon’s new academic year has begun, but schools in the south are serving both as classrooms and shelters for more than 20,000 displaced people. Many students and teachers were also forced from their homes by the fighting, leaving children to experience the happiness of returning to school alongside painful memories of loss.

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