WFP Lebanon Situation Report - June 2025

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

Amid heightened regional tensions in June, the risk of conflict spillover into Lebanon remained high. Despite Israel’s partial withdrawal, it still occupies five border positions, and ceasefire violations persist. As of end-May, 82,700 people remained internally displaced, including 914 in collective shelters. Simultaneously, a new humanitarian crisis is unfolding, with 98,800 Syrians fleeing Syria to Lebanon since December 2024, including 61,000 to West Lebanon, 29,500 to the North, 6,800 to other regions, and 1,500 Druze, many taking refuge in mosques, community spaces, or with vulnerable host families.

The sixth IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis in Lebanon shows that food insecurity conditions are nearing pre-conflict levels. Between April and June 2025, 1.17 million people (21 percent of the population) are facing acute food insecurity, down from the 1.65 million (30 percent) projection between December 2024 and March 2025. This shift is primarily linked to reduced displacement, a temporary surge in food assistance, and an emerging market recovery. However, conflict aftershocks, economic stagnation, inflation, and widening funding gaps continue to threaten Lebanon’s fragile food security.

WFP OVERALL RESPONSE

WFP remains committed to addressing urgent humanitarian needs in Lebanon, responding to the economic, refugee and conflict-related crises. Severe funding shortfalls and delays forced WFP to reduce assistance by up to 37 percent by June 2025, reaching only 876,000 people, down from 1.4 million in January 2025. Of those assisted in June, support to Syrian refugees through cash or school meals had dropped to 672,000 (from 944,000) while assistance to vulnerable Lebanese through in-kind food, cash or school meals dropped to 162,000 (from 573,000). Food assistance to around 42,000 newly displaced Syrians from Syria remained unchanged.

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