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As winter approaches, SARD is launching an initial emergency response in Lebanon to provide mattresses, blankets, hygiene kits, food baskets, and medicine to displaced families with local partners.

Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country.

Le 16 octobre, le Ministère libanais de la santé publique a confirmé un cas de choléra, insistant sur les risques sanitaires accrus dans le contexte du conflit en cours.

As the conflict intensifies and humanitarian needs arise, soon exacerbated by winter challenges, WFP urgently requires US$ 116 million by the end of the year to sustain its emergency operations.

On 16 October, the Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon confirmed a cholera case, highlighting the escalating health risks amidst ongoing conflict.

Relentless Israeli airstrikes are being carried out in densely populated areas, including in Beirut, and essential civilian infrastructure and property have been struck and destroyed.

Children in Lebanon are at growing risk of health and protection issues – including waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis and diarrhoea – as the continued bombardment of the country increasingly disrupts and damages essential services that families rely on.

The situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying across heavily populated areas, including South Lebanon, Beirut, Mount Lebanon (BML), Bekaa and for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, North Lebanon.

UNHCR is aware of 11,700 Lebanese arrivals to Iraq since the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon through various points including the Al-Qaim border crossing (7,980) and airports in Baghdad and Najaf.

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) expresses its deep concern regarding the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, which has resulted in a significant loss of life, injury, and displacement.

Lebanon continues to experience its most intense conflict escalation since the 2006 July War.

2,350 people have been killed and almost 11,000 injured since the start of the escalation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel in October 2023.

Lebanon continues in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying and expanding into previously unaffected areas, impacting civilians and critical infrastructure.

A specialized surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) experienced in war injuries has been deployed to a hospital in southern Beirut to offer life-saving care and help relieve exhausted medical staff.

Depuis l’escalade des hostilités entre Israël et le Liban le 17 septembre 2024, l’OMS a recensé 23 attaques visant les services de santé au Liban, qui ont fait 72 morts et 43 blessés parmi les soignants et les patients.

Une équipe chirurgicale spécialisée du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) ayant l’expérience des blessures de guerre a été déployée dans un hôpital du sud de Beyrouth afin de prodiguer des soins vitaux et de soulager le personnel médical épuisé.

Beirut (CICR) – El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) envió a un equipo especializado en cirugía y con experiencia en heridas de guerra a un hospital del sur de Beirut para que preste asistencia vital y ayude a aliviar al extenuado personal de salud.

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El refuerzo sanitario se decidió ante la escalada de las hostilidades, el aumento del número de personas heridas y las dificultades del sistema de salud para atender las necesidades urgentes de la población.

El equipo, compuesto por un médico especialista en urgencias, un cirujano...

In response to the escalating crisis in Lebanon, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and its strategic partners announced today US$1.5 million in additional funding to support inclusive and safe access to quality education for girls and boys impacted by the conflict.

Since early October 2024, Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Lebanon have intensified and expanded, hitting civilian infrastructure, leading over 541,000 people to flee southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Health care facilities, mosques, historical markets, residential complexes, and now government buildings are being reduced to rubble. Displaced families continue to feel at risk, even after fleeing to safe areas.