Displaced people in Saida, southern Lebanon, describe their journeys in search of safety and the medical challenges they face under an overstretched health system.
Nearly a year into targeted, reproductive violence against Palestinian women and girls, and the bombing of our reproductive health site in Gaza; IPPF readies itself for a fresh wave of attacks against its health workers and clinics in Lebanon.
مع كلّ یوم یمرّ، تتّسع دائرة العنف الممیتة في لبنان، تاركةً مزیدًا من الدمار والمعاناة یواجھ لبنان حالیاً أزمة إنسانیة ذات أبعاد كارثیة، مع تزاید وقوع الضحایا المدنیین، والنزوح الجماعي، والدمار الواسع للبنیة التحتیة المدنیة في جمیع أنحاء البلاد.
The conference has been an important occasion for the international community to reinstate, in an extremely dangerous moment, its commitment to mobilize the urgent political and economic support to Lebanon.
Lebanon is now facing a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions, with mounting civilian casualties, mass displacement and extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure across the country.
On 22 October, peacekeepers on duty at a permanent observation post near Dhayra were observing IDF soldiers conducting house clearing operations nearby. Upon realizing they were being observed, the IDF soldiers fired at the post.
UNRWA is working with a range of partner organisations (community based, local NGOs and international NGOs) in all its emergency shelters to provide a full range of services, including hot meals and psychosocial support activities. In its emergency response, UNRWA has relied on the dedication and commitment of partners on the ground.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on the international community to work urgently on restoring peace in Lebanon and mobilizing more resources to respond to the dire humanitarian crisis.
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.
Airstrikes continued across the country, including in Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek, South Lebanon and Mount Lebanon governorates, and the number of casualties increased to 2,593 people killed and more than 12,000 injured since 8 October 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).
The Humanitarian Country Team in Lebanon, led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and supplementing national efforts, continues to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people affected by the increase in hostilities in Lebanon.
At the conclusion of the international conference on Lebanon held today in Paris, a coalition of humanitarian, solidarity and human rights non-governmental organizations has launched an urgent call to Emmanuel Macron and the heads of states and ministers attending the conference to take immediate and concrete actions to better protect civilian populations in Lebanon.
