A woman stands near folded blankets along the Ramlet al-Bayda public beach in Beirut, where people who fled Israeli bombing set up tents to be used as temporary shelters, on October 5, 2024. Israel's military launched an intensified wave of strikes on Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon, killing more than 1,110 people since September 23, and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in a country already mired in economic crisis. (Photo by AFP)