Up to 90 per cent of the population of southern Lebanon’s Christian villages have left their homes since October to seek safety from daily rocket fire exchanged on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Since the beginning of the military operation in Gaza, tensions have been rising between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

More than 130 people have died in Lebanon because of violence in the border region, including 17 civilians, according to media reports.

While Israeli strikes have been directed at Hezbollah targets, located mostly in Shi‘a areas, a number of Christian villages also suffered collateral damage.