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📰 2 sources 3 articles · 20 Oct 2026, 10:17 → 2 hours ago

Migration boat from northern Lebanon sinks off Greece: two dead and Lebanese missing

The story concerns a migration boat that set off from northern Lebanon toward Greece with 18 people of different nationalities on board. Two young men from Nahr al-Bared camp were reported dead, while four Lebanese are considered missing, as families await news and no final toll has been announced.

📍 Where things stand: No final toll has been announced yet; two deaths from Nahr al-Bared camp have been confirmed and four Lebanese are missing, while families await information on their fate.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 20 Oct 2026, 10:17 Reports said there were missing people from Lebanon among the passengers of a boat described as a "death boat" off the coast of Greece, amid questions about what happened to it.
  2. 20 Oct 2026, 12:43 In Nahr al-Bared camp for Palestinian refugees in northern Lebanon, the deaths of Mohammad Fakhri Mabdi and Sami al-Tayyar were announced after a migration boat heading to Greece sank. The boat had sailed from northern Lebanon in the middle of last week with 18 people of different nationalities on board, including Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians, while the Turkish Navy rescued a number of migrants without a final tally.
  3. 20 Oct 2026, 12:54 A report said four people from Lebanon are considered missing off the Greek coast, noting that an entire camp is waiting for news of their fate, without further details on the circumstances of the incident or the identities of the missing.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.
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