Over 30,000 crossed into Syria from Lebanon in past days, says UN

BERLIN: Well over 30,000 people, mainly Syrians, have crossed into

Syria

from

Lebanon

in the past 72 hours, the

UN refugee agency

said on Friday, amid an escalating conflict between Israeli forces and

Hezbollah

that has killed hundreds of people in Lebanon.
About 80% of those crossings are Syrians and about 20% are Lebanese, said the

UNHCR

representative in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, adding that about half are children and adolescents, and that men are making the crossing in smaller numbers than women.

"They are crossing from a country at war to one that has faced a crisis conflict for 13 years," an extremely difficult choice, he told a news conference.
"We will have to see over the next few days how many more do so," added the representative.