Head of the Beirut Marathon association May Khalil (R) and social media personality Farid Hobeiche known as Farixtube on instagram (C) take part in sports activities organised for children of displaced families by civil society initiatives, at a public school in Beirut turned into a shelter for people fleeing Israeli bombardment on November 5, 2024. The war has displaced at least 1.3 million people, more than 800,000 of them inside the country according to the United Nations migration agency, since Israel expanded operations in Lebanon in September 2024 nearly a year after Hezbollah began exchanging fire in support of its ally, the Palestinian Hamas movement following its attack on Israel in October 2023. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)